General Chat

When one person in the group just doesn't know when to button it and give others a chance to speak. Taking over as soon as someone else starts a story and, of course, can top it every time.
When politeness, gentle teasing and trying to hold your ground just don't work - what do you do? Apart from excluding yourself - as others have done - from an otherwise enjoyable activity?

I shall return anon to read your interesting responses.

Just listen politely ;-) ;-) :-D
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It's beyond listening politely Von - this woman does repeats LOL

Know the feeling!
Does she have people at home to whom she can talk.

There's more to listening than hearing. And I agree that some twitter on a tad too much while wafting on about famous friends in eulogistic strains. Not everyone can be a winner of the pub bore title.

But if you do not possess the classic English virtues of tolerance & common sense, just turn a deaf eye to the one sided conversation. Switch off your invisible hearing aids.

Was going to join in this conversation but can't get
a word in for folk rabbiting on ;-) :-D

Its called a distraction :-D :-D

Well, our M (homeless people stole that shed) is like that. Sometimes I would tell him to shut up because I was losing the will to live. He would insist on making stupid comments when we were taking part in a quiz and I told him that, if he wanted a chance of winning, he was to be quiet while other people were thinking.

He does live alone so we do listen to him telling us his problems and explaining his aches and pains and bloody silly ideas, just like he might to a partner or companion at home I will talk over him if he buts in with something if I am taking part in a conversation.

It works, he has the company and attention he needs but, if he wants to be part of a conversation,he doesn't overwhelm it.

This particular rabbitter does not live alone, we are constantly regaled with the latest goings on of her extended family.

Dermot, this is way beyond a tad too much and 'switching off ones invisible hearing aids' somewhat defeats the object of mixing with others. The idea my dear is to socialise, not sit in silence as one person bores for the planet.

It seems I/we have two choices. 1) be blunt and risk being 'the baddie' for upsetting this person or 2) stay home :-(

Just put your finger to your lips and ,,,,,,,,,,,SHshhhhh,loud like your would a child and say,,,,I'm speaking,just wait a minute,,,,,,,,,please or offend.perhpas she dont realise how bad mannered shes being because no one has shut her up before. ;-) :-D :-D

I'm liking a loud Shhhhh! Kay :-D

That is so true Kay.

We had a woman used to tag on to us who just kept on with me, me, me, me, and, eventually I could not even look at her. Luckily, she went and sat with other people after that until the time she had been ill and her friends were not in the club.

I am not as horrible as I try to be and couldn't see her left on her own so I invited her back with us. It was lesser me, me, me after that.

But are they as bad as the guy in the Tesco ad? ;-) :-0 :-)

I think I'd notice if the other people were giving each other 'looks' and I would wonder why no-one else was speaking.

This person never asks how anyone else is, what they've been doing, how was their holiday etc. Being a friendly and polite person I always show an interest in others but affording this woman the same courtesy just sets her off for the duration! :-S

I'm gonna have to tell her. Shame the devil and all that :-(

I haven't seen the Tesco ad Joy but this woman could out yap him I'm sure :-0

The guy drones on about bin collections while at a Christmas party.

The ads are several and short, starring Ruth Jones and Ben Miller as other halves/spouses and I think the drone guy is in the second ad in 2016's range.

I have to say that Jones and Miller have the expressions down to a T, at least in the first two advertisements that I've seen.

I do the Judge Rinder thing Dottie..............


"TALKING"............

That only works if you can get a word in Prickolls :-(

Then there's the habit of trying to butt in by making repeated 'but but but' noises until the speaker gives up :-|

You have to speak louder than her Island.

Tell her when your lips are moving you are talking
and if she shuts up she will hear you.

If that doesn't work walk away from her, rude I know
but the alternative :-0