NotKelly Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Do you ever feel like you are a magnet for loud people who like to talk about themselves? Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I want to listen to the same old **** coming from you for the 50th time. Unfortunately, I can't always flee these people, or tell them to STFU, because most of my family members use me as a sounding board. And by "sounding board," I don't mean "sympathetic ear"... I mean, they use me as a handy nearby body to talk AT - about what happened during their day, about a funny story they want to tell, usually for the 9th time repeated. They don't particularly care about what I have to say about it. They're just motormouths who always want the attention on them. I can't even try to steer the conversation to myself because they just ignore it and keep on talking about themselves and their concerns. Aside from running away when I see them, what can I do to stop this? And no, "Talk about yourself more" isn't the right answer because I just don't have that much I feel like telling them (mainly because I don't think they're going to listen anyway and the effort will just be wasted). It's just that whenever I'm around them, I feel steamrollered within ten minutes. I feel myself slipping into a numb stupor of disinterest. Why do most people think that quiet people want to listen to them all the time? Jesus Christ, shut the **** up already. Link to post Share on other sites
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