I no longer respond when my wife asks me to repeat myself. Speaking with an echo was driving me mad, and she always manages to work out what I've said if she pauses a few seconds instead of instantly giving me huh/what/pardon. I don't think she's noticed this experiment.
@fesshole Real love is a beautiful thing to behold.

@Eetschrijver @fesshole well, just wait a second with that reply...
My wife does this too. She nearly always asks "what" or says "pardon" and then interrupts me when I repeat it because she did hear me but just needed a second or two to process it.

I also learned to pause so she can process.
OP saying it's an experiment sounds bleak, but I'm in the same place. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

@MattPCart @fesshole It's indeed a well-known phenomenon. But the terms in which you describe it are strikingly different from fesser's wording. ๐Ÿคท
@Eetschrijver @fesshole yeah, I was aware of that too. Came across as mean ๐Ÿค”
Maybe fesser is a dick, maybe not.
But, I'd lean towards dick because it's a fess and not from their own account ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป