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Originally Posted by Kakou  Your neighbor, your friend or a parent is sitting near, beside or in front of you...
He/She's talking... tooooooooooo much... You wish DEEPLY and HARDLY and DEADLY that he/she STOPS... BUT... No way... He/She is talking tooooooooo much and it's stronger than HIM/HER... It's even a HABIT... You want to run away  ... You can't... You have an important thing to do and you care not hurt him/her... You really cannot hear a single more word but... HOPELESS!!
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I am a talkative person, especially in home with my family. With my friends I like to talk about interesting things and engage their conversations. With my best friends I can talk during hours sharing our secrets.
I find quite rude what some neighbours can do. It's good to have a good relationship with neighbours but there are limits!
I understand they can be lonely and I like to listen to them, I don't mind it, but only when they let me talk too! Sometimes they ask a question and don't even wait for the answer!
Maybe yes they have many many things to talk about. Well if you have the time then listen to them. It's better to stay listening than to see them offended or sad, but if you really must go away you have to tell them. Put your hands in her shoulders or touch her arm, smile and just say "Oh today I have to go, I am late so sorry! Bye! Your dress is lovely!" and run away the faster you can!
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Originally Posted by di I have this neighour of mine I run to her shop somthing and Im really in a hurry ... she is a non stop talkin machine !!!!!she wants to tell me about the neighbours one by one and gives me a lecture about the cats around my house and she tells me who threw their rubbish in the yard and then complains about the water motors that make a noise and tells me about our neighbours daughter wat time she came back from her sahra grrrrrrr!!! then she needs half an hour to count my change and Im like plz Im in a hurry I have to go to work .. and then a customer comes in and she forgets that she has to give me my change back says yalla di isnt ghareebee  she can wait ! so once I just blew up in her face .. Im in a hurry would u stop the gossiping and let me move on ! yes its really annoying u want to be polite and not hurt anyones feelings but how long can u stay pateint ! By the way she still in that habit when she sees me so I just stopped going into buy things from her shop! BEST SOLUTION!!! |
I laughed with the beggining of your post di, the cat thing was funny! I have a neighbour more or less like yours! Some years ago, everytime she saw me she used to tell me everything about her, about her husband, about her husband's lovers, about her sons (two jerks by the way!), about her sisters, about... everything!... I found a good way to get rid of her
: after 15 minutes of conversation (or should I call it a monologue?) I tell her how much I and my sisters liked her daughter in law (she didn't like her at all!). I said such wonders about the girl that the woman got unpleased and since then she only says Good Morning and nothing more. Ufffff!
If I'm in the bus or in the shopping center and some stranger starts to talk with me I simply say "yes... I understand..." and then I move on. If they insist I use to tell them "I already understood your point of view, I can do nothing about it"
Ohhh and those men who seat at your side in the movies and start to talk with you?
It's so frutrating because the room is full, you can't find other seat, you want to watch the movie in peace and silent and those guys talking to you! It happened to me once and I can tell you, it's just awful. He said things like "I already watched this movie yesterday. They die in the end, you know!"
and then he continued his verbal incontinence: "I love this director, don't you? This actor is great, don't you think? And the sceneries... amazing! The first time I went to a theater I was 15 years old and it was with my first gf... bla bla bla".............................
18th September 2007
... Please elaborate because I'm feeling so sad misunderstanding (MAYBE) your post!!
