Ugh. Listening a skill that is learned. Some people inherently have it others like myself have to have duct tape taped over their mouths. Seriously, I always thought that i was a good listener. But being a good listener is more than being quite and hearing. Wait. What? That was my first thought when my boyfriend said that to me. It's not that I don't hear or that I don't care I do. Its just as I'm learning you can have to much to say. Friends have made little comment here or there that or make little faces to each other when it happens. It's like verbal diarrhea wow thats an image. I mean I'm not saying bad things or being outright rude I just keep talking because I thought that having feedback meant you understood. But, I'm learning that being so caught up in your own opinion of the matter can be hurtful to the ones you love and often even when you are actually trying to hear the other person. You're actually not. Crazy right? Sometimes a few words is all you need. I'm looking at my boyfriend as he takes a nap and this guy really means the world to me and I'm trying to understand the art of listening because you don't ever want the people you care about to feel like they cant be heard or at peace with you. So as I write this I hope I can curb some intellectual who is overly talkative to discipline yourself to not stop talking. They don't want that but to actually here what is being said and when responding remember a little goes a long way. Unless your a teacher no even if your  teacher. IDK I'm not a teacher LOL.