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Agreed. I have always found people who go on and on about their health issues to be very self-focused. I HATE going to the doctor, but it seems to me that some people actually enjoy it and will run in for an appointment at the slightest sniffle, carrying around a pharmacy of meds for all kinds of ailments that could mostly be alleviated with a little more physical activity and a lot less eating of crap for food.
I hate that! It's so boring and so self-centered. The last thing I want to talk about is my health.
Minutia -- people who tell a story and obsess about some stupid detail that is not at all pertinent to the story. "was it noon or 1:00" "Wait, maybe it was Thursday, not Friday?" Ugh.
Repeat stories -- I've heard this story. I've told you that I have heard this story before. They insist on continuing to tell you the same stupid story. Grr.
What's with some older people who completely dominate the conversation. I know three men and one woman who are like this. They can talk literally for hours. They do not allow anyone to speak. They hold the floor and that's that. We had one of them ruin a Thanksgiving dinner because he wouldn't stop talking. Our sons were home for just a few days and they never got to say anything. Needless to say, the guy was never invited back to our house. He's insufferable, as are the others I know who are like this. ALL of their conversation is about themselves. They don't care about anyone else, other than for an audience. Why do they do it? They can't think it impresses anyone. It's awful. I literally run away if I see these people coming because I know I'll be trapped with them.
The people that complain the most about old people and their conversation are other old people. I live in a 55+. You don't think we hate to run into certain people and their latest ailments?
After years of conversation and facilitating a group for a while I've found that a person without a love of history or ideas are terrible at conversation.
What's with some older people who completely dominate the conversation. I know three men and one woman who are like this. They can talk literally for hours. They do not allow anyone to speak. They hold the floor and that's that. We had one of them ruin a Thanksgiving dinner because he wouldn't stop talking. Our sons were home for just a few days and they never got to say anything. Needless to say, the guy was never invited back to our house. He's insufferable, as are the others I know who are like this. ALL of their conversation is about themselves. They don't care about anyone else, other than for an audience. Why do they do it? They can't think it impresses anyone. It's awful. I literally run away if I see these people coming because I know I'll be trapped with them.
I think it's because they are lonely and don't have anybody to talk to in their lives. These people you are referring to are they divorced or widowed? I had a snowbird neighbor like this. After a while I just had to stop seeing her because while she was droning on and on in my head I was thinking "please stop talking already before I scream".
What's with some older people who completely dominate the conversation. I know three men and one woman who are like this. They can talk literally for hours. They do not allow anyone to speak. They hold the floor and that's that. We had one of them ruin a Thanksgiving dinner because he wouldn't stop talking. Our sons were home for just a few days and they never got to say anything. Needless to say, the guy was never invited back to our house. He's insufferable, as are the others I know who are like this. ALL of their conversation is about themselves. They don't care about anyone else, other than for an audience. Why do they do it? They can't think it impresses anyone. It's awful. I literally run away if I see these people coming because I know I'll be trapped with them.
I think some older people are very lonely and they have no one to talk to. When they get an audience, they just overflow, so to speak. I’ve also had this experience with someone who was cognitively impaired, newly bereaved and lonely. It sounds as if your guest might be self centered and if he lives by himself, he has few occasions to interact with people. I do agree that people like that can wear one’s patience thin.
Sometimes some people never learn how to converse; they only know how to talk.
Sports - Nope. Not interested. There is only one sport and it's hockey. Outside of that... nope. Politics - Even if I agree with you, it's fatiguing honestly. Just how much outrage can a person take? Weather - Yes, it is hot/cold/wet/windy/blah/blah/blah. Your kids school/teacher - Sorry your kid has a crappy teacher... but do you have to talk about it for an hour every time we see one another? You're just going to transfer to another school or move up a grade and that teacher wont be any better for your precious little cherub.
After years of conversation and facilitating a group for a while I've found that a person without a love of history or ideas are terrible at conversation.
Yes, and are boring in general. Unfortunately, I find that's MOST people!
Also, too many people are sheep-like "followers". They are do whatever the mainstream crowd does, they buy what they think everyone else buys, they say and think what they hear others say and think, They're trying to keep up on the latest this and that trend and follow the "Joneses", they're super into their Facebook posts, just no independent thought whatsoever. They are also the most boring conversationalists, to me, because I loathe all of that "plastic" crap.
If anyone else here plays poker: bad beat stories. Because you're the first person who's ever lost a hand when you were initially favored to win it. People act like 25% shots are 1% or rarer....
On a similar note, anything mundane or relatively mundane where people overrate the unlikelihood of its occurrence.
It's also always amazed me how many people fail to notice/predict a lack of interest on the other party's part for a given topic...if I talk about *anything* for say 20 seconds, I assume it's time to change the subject unless the other person's response or body language indicates otherwise.
childhood athletics, discussing a child's involvement or performance in kid athletic teams, or kid sports in general and/or coaching of - and talk (some boasting) of parental attendance
though I know the purpose, positives, development of a child's character, physical dexterity, ability to succeed, social involvement, and many people do care about it especially, of course, some parents
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