That's hardly your fault, though. It doesn't make what you say any less meaningful if the other person isn't willing to hear it.

[He shrugs at her compliment. Looks like neither of them are particularly good at taking one.]

Some would say I listen a bit too much. But I'm determined to not make the mistakes my dad and granddad made, and that means listening to people and acknowledging my faults. When it matters at least, and I'd say that this matters.