Here are some replies I make:
- Oops forgive me, I’m often wrong (which is true)
- Thank you correcting me (especially when I only minutely disagree)
- Wow, this time you bring something new. I like that one!
- I never thought of it that way
- That is what my wife said to me this morning!
- That is what I said to my wife yesterday!
- Your comment sounds much better than what I say when I see myself in a mirror.
- You don’t sound anything like my older brother.
- I’ve not introduced myself. I am D&D and I would like to meet you.
- I’m sorry, but both my hearing aid batteries just went kaput. Stupid me, I forgot to bring spares.
- I lie, check a fake text on my phone, and “I’m sorry I have to take this”, smile, shrug my shoulders, and walk away.
- I point at my hearing aids, and deliberately garble
My wife has been urging me to get hearing aids. This is the best reason for doing that that I have seen so far! :)