I have a problem with listening and paying attention when my boyfriend talks to me. What should I do? ?

If you have this problem with other people too you might want to have your hearing checked or discuss this attention deficit problem with your doctor. But if you have no issue in listening to other people it could just be that your boyfriend is boring....Show more

Just tell him you would rather be talking about sex, that should cut out the boring crap.Or tell him to dance with you.....Show more

I think you need to be more assertive about changing the subject or telling him upfront when the topic is of no interest to you. This isn't rude. Good conversation means considering your audience, he should want you to be engaged and enjoy hearing more from you than rote sounds of acknowledgement. But he won't know you are bored unless you tell him.

But, if you two don't have much to talk about except what he likes and cares about, and the things he likes and cares about are tedious to you, then you two aren't compatible and need to break up....Show more

Try to be more of an active listener.  However, it's hard to focus on what he's saying all the time and it's not the end of the world if you don't remember or hear everything he says.  Pseudo-listening is something we all do at times....Show more

ask him................................Show more