My friend has this thing, where in the middle of a story she decides to interrupt me and tell her story. I have tried to overtalk her hoping she would shutup but she doesn't. So i eventually have to back down. How do I tell her what she's doing?
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Amber757
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Well, this is what I have done. My friend did this to me, so I just shook her by the shoulders. Startled, she shut up and I carried on. It was quite funny really. But you strike me as being nicer than me, so i would wait for a better answer!
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Tell her stright up i no people like that i tell them stright up just say hey im speaking talk to someone who wunts to listen to your storys they are most likely fake storys to i bet they sound like the ones you was sayin(excuse the grammer/spelling errors)
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welll i think that when she starts to do it tell her youre interrupting me again...and say that u dont like it....i have the same exact friend and i also hate itt...lol....like i think when you r telling a story adn she interrupts just politely say that can u not interrupt me?and throw in an i would appreciate it too =] lol and see hwat she sayss if she denies doing it, then name a couple of times that shes doone it and i think shell stop =]....my friend did
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"You are interrupting me. Could I please finish?"
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People, like you have described, are boasters and want all the attention. Next time this happens, just turn and walk away without saying a word. give this person the silent treatment for three days. no communication and do not give in. We all hate to be ignored and this person is no exception. Silence is Golden. put it to use. she will come around.......THEN TELL HER. You will have her attention.
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why wait until she does it again? instead, just sit down with them, and tell them, in a nice way of course, "you have this problem where you interrupt me when i speak; i find it very rude and i'm asking you to please stop." very possibly your friend is unaware of what they're doing and will stop when they find out
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My friend does exactly the same to me and it's incredibly frustrating. Usually by the time she's finished what she's saying, in the process, moving to a different story, I find it difficult to return to the place where I was interrupted as the topic has changed! While I don't like interrupting, I do find it hard to get a word in edgeways with her. Sometimes, I'd like to add something to a topic she's talking about before she moved onto something else, otherwise I don't get a chance. I wait for natural pauses, ends of sentences. It's not always easy though as she talks very fast. I really hope you get some good answers to this question as I'll be watching to see if I can pick up some tips, too. Good luck xxx
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girls are like that. its only a little thing so dont go ignoring her for 3 days. just say do you want chips? then when she says no overtalk her. if she says yes say just a minute and now u can talk
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"can you shut up and let me finish!" thats what my friends and i do when they're trying to say something.
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Just Interrupt her and say " hey ( call the name) I was talking, and you interrupt me don't you know any manners? " then when you are about to continue with your story " well before I was ruddily interrupted by this person here was saying that "....
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Next time you see her tell her that you are angry at her for interrupting you and not caring about what you have to say, and if she can please start breaking this habit, you would appreciate it and it would make your friendship stronger
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Some people interrupt aggressively. It is a way of asserting power over you by forcing you to be silent and to make you feel that what you were saying is not important. It is a very unpleasant characteristic (I have a friend who does it), and it is virtually impossible to counteract.
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Laugh and punch her in the arm gently while saying "shut the hell up!"
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record a conversation without her knowing, then play it back so she can hear firsthand what she does...she is likely not even aware of it, like people who start ever sentence with, "uh..."
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Oh, that's so bloody annoying! I have a friend like that. And the thing is, she'll tell the same stories over and over. She's such a name dropper, too. 'I've just remembered, I was speaking to John. You know John? From that band?' Shut. Up. I never finish a story. I just tend to roll my eyes and tell her she's not being interesting. I love her really.
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When she does this, you need to reach in and slap her ONE time. Just for shock value. When she asks what that was for, tell her it was for her interrupting, and to expect the same thing every time she does it from now on.
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yea the recording conversation is a good one but let her talk or just stop while your in the middle of talkin and she intrerupts and just give her the eviliest look and maybe she will realize what she is doing or just keep on telling her and one day she will realize to stop i am sure she does it to all of her other ppl's to so let her no what is bothering u
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I have a friend at work just like that too. When the gang goes out several times a year for lunch, like on someone's birthday or work anniversary, she just monopolizes the conversation. And it's a barrage of what her kids are doing or how she hates her supervisor. If anyone tries to say something or change the subject, she gives them the look of death. We have all learned to just keep quiet and let her talk. We wonder why her motor never runs down, and she's not a young woman!
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Just cut her off with a hand to her arm and say, "I'm sorry, I didn't get to make my point." Then just continue talking. Or, if she completely ignores that (or you don't want to do that), just tell her that you've noticed that she does that. Or, hey. Write a letter. :P Can't interrupt that, now can she?
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