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(64,933 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)Incitatus
(5,317 posts)That's about when I take out my phone and browse DU and FB.
Iterate
(3,020 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)theNotoriousP.I.G.
(3,372 posts)is what I usually tell people. That doesn't always work with Germans so I just start yawning.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)because they don't hear you anyway. I slip into a coma til they're done yapping and then move on out of there as fast as I can.
theNotoriousP.I.G.
(3,372 posts)the more comfortable I get with just pretending like I don't even hear them in the first place. We are on the same page.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Even after you tell them, "yeah, you already told me a hundred times."
theNotoriousP.I.G.
(3,372 posts)for dementia, Alzheimer's or Histrionic Personality Disorder.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)texanwitch
(18,705 posts)It happened to me a few years ago.
Just tell me the damn story, short and quick.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Wait what?
LWolf
(46,179 posts)2 men who can't shut up. Ever. Daily: "This will take 3 minutes. I swear." 30 minutes of listening without giving any input later, I walk out, knowing that I'll be there 30 minutes longer that day making up the lost time.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)He never takes a breath.