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A friend I have he just wont let me get more then a word or 2 then he talks. He tells stories with so much detail I go out of my mind. I find my self ending his stories with yes you told me about that before yes I heard that already. I can't even call him unless I know I have 2 hours to burn because he won't let you hang up He just keeps talking. I notice when I tell him a story like he does with to much detail he gets irritated I can tell. He's a great guy we have known one another for 35 years. My wife has a co-worker who is the same way we are going to invite them to the house and see if the 2 of them will talk one another ear off as an experiment I think they will repel one another and nothing will happen.
What do you get out of this friendship? Why are there so many people who are like this in our society? This isn't normal, healthy behavior. Nor is it respectful of you or others he does this with.
I'm not able to be friends with people like that. They're too draining, and I wouldn't get anything out of the friendship. Friendship is supposed to be about reciprocity.
I had to entertain someone like that a few times because he was dating my BFF. I finally had to tell her we couldn't have him around because he literally never stopped talking. We couldn't stand it. No one else could say anything without interrupting him and even then as soon as there was any pause he jumped back in with his non stop talking. It was horrible. Now we avoid him like the plague.
. My wife has a co-worker who is the same way we are going to invite them to the house and see if the 2 of them will talk one another ear off as an experiment I think they will repel one another and nothing will happen.
Sounds like a great science project. Or, you and your wife can take bets who will be annoyed first between the two, or who will talk the most. Or maybe the Earth will implode by them being in the same room! Sounds fun...
I have often wished for an old style timekeeper's stopwatch to use for such occasions. Click when they start & click when they finally stop.
You could be very blunt and interrupt with, "do you wish have a conversation with me or continue this diatribe?". I believe some people have no idea how rude it is to dominate a conversation and do not even realize they are doing it. There are others who are only interested in themselves & you are just an audience member.
If the person is someone you otherwise enjoy I would ask for fair time.
There are a few gals I know who are that way. After being patient to see if they'd calm down a bit, to which they never did, I finally stopped communicating with them.
Actually I have been with a guy that does just that and it drives me crazy because he never knows when to shut up and my friends will say thank you when I tell him uh they have to go and most have stopped coming around since he talks your head off and talks in circles by jumping from one subject to the next... It is so irritating how people are disrespectful now-a-days!!! I have tried so hard to let him know that I cannot and will not lose anymore friends because of his inability to keep his mouth shut but to no avail he still talks until people good-bye!!!!
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