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I don’t talk to many people on the phone these days. We text. Or we speak in person. Funny—I haven’t had a long phone conversation in a long time.
.......I happened to be talking about stuff related to my mother dying that day. So, I would think this time, she might put up with a little extra ranting.......... .
I'd probably cut you off, too. I don't want to listen to long ranting monologues about your mother dying.
I'll give you 2 minutes and make a few sympathy noises, but beyond that, I can no longer pretend to be interested in all of your personal problems involving people I don't even know.
Although, I wouldn't just hang up on you. But I would excuse myself and get off the phone. If you kept calling to tell me about your problems with your mother dying, I'd stop answering your phone calls.
I'd probably cut you off, too. I don't want to listen to long ranting monologues about your mother dying.
I'll give you 2 minutes and make a few sympathy noises, but beyond that, I can no longer pretend to be interested in all of your personal problems involving people I don't even know.
Although, I wouldn't just hang up on you. But I would excuse myself and get off the phone. If you kept calling to tell me about your problems with your mother dying, I'd stop answering your phone calls.
I agree with this.
I think it shows a profound lack of self awareness when we attempt to use our friends as unpaid therapists.
Grief is one thing. Everyone is prepared with a "sorry for your loss" and "my heart is with you." But when it turns into a long session of acting out psychological trauma, that's pushing most people's boundaries.
Oh, and RANTING? Please don't make a habit of that with your friends!
I don't buy it. Does anybody? At least more than once?
I have a friend who will just cut off a conversation when she either is bored or arrives where she's going or whatever. Just, no connection mid-sentence.
Then, the next day I get the excuse that so sorry, her phone died.
If it happened once, or maybe twice in a 12 month period, I "might" believe it. But, every other week?
Even if it's true, it's unacceptable. Charge your dang phone.
Funny thing, though, is that whenever she needs my help, she doesn't have these issues - or at most, they are instantly resolved.
When I need her help? Huh, phone died mid-conversation.
I guess the moral of the story for me, anyway, is to stop being available to this kind of person.
But, have you dealt with the same situation where supposedly someone's phone magically died when you were in the middle of talking, and they didn't get back to you for a day? Hello, can't everyone else just plug their phone in? I know I can.
Well, I'd say it's time to be brutally honest... Block the Caller.....Done.
I don't buy it. Does anybody? At least more than once?
I have a friend who will just cut off a conversation when she either is bored or arrives where she's going or whatever. Just, no connection mid-sentence.
Then, the next day I get the excuse that so sorry, her phone died.
If it happened once, or maybe twice in a 12 month period, I "might" believe it. But, every other week?
Even if it's true, it's unacceptable. Charge your dang phone.
Funny thing, though, is that whenever she needs my help, she doesn't have these issues - or at most, they are instantly resolved.
When I need her help? Huh, phone died mid-conversation.
I guess the moral of the story for me, anyway, is to stop being available to this kind of person.
But, have you dealt with the same situation where supposedly someone's phone magically died when you were in the middle of talking, and they didn't get back to you for a day? Hello, can't everyone else just plug their phone in? I know I can.
No, never.
You are boring this person to death with your idle chatter. Send her a text with your point.
I personally, aren't " electronically tied" to my cell phone. Often, I let the phone cell die. Anyone that knows me, knows that. If there's a real need to contact me, they will call my "hardline" house phone.
I have a friend who frequently says he did not get the message on the phone or his phone does not work
using the same excuse for about 8 years. Does he think I'm that stupid?
But he is interesting to talk with and listens to me for a long time.
If your friend is saying this to you, what are you saying that causes him or her to hang up? If you are on a rant or complaining too much, or arguing, people find a way to disconnect.
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