People that constantly interrupt conversations
By GDTimothy
@GDTimothy (446)
United States
August 3, 2010 2:02pm CST
How do you handle people that constantly interrupt you with something that they just can't wait to say? I have friends that do this to me quite often. It's as if they don't consider what you have to say is important at all.
I find folks that won't let you finish a thought to be extremely irritating. But I couple of these folks and they are very good friends, so I often just let it go. But sooner or later, I'm liable to let 'em have it full bore.
I think it's quite impolite! But I've heard them converse between themselves and they don't seem to mind being interrupted by each other. But heaven forbid if someone else interrupts them!
6 responses
@abitosunshine (765)
• United States
11 Aug 10
My housemate is guilty of that and I am guilty of telling him off over it more times than I can count! I'll be mid-sentence and he's already making a comment that has absolutely no bearing on what I was attempting to say or tell. I've tried ignoring and continuing, I've walked right out of the room at the moment he interrupts, I've told him how rude he is, I've told him what he said has nothing at all to do with what I was trying to converse about ... and so forth! Essentially, I don't talk to him of topics of much of anything important anymore, ha! The man seriously has no idea of the dynamics of conversation and communication.
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
12 Aug 10
Ahh, folks like that only have a concept of the importance of their own communication. They are great conversationalists is no one else is in the room! LOL! :-)
Frustrating isn't it!
@savypat (20216)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I have a little different take on this. If I have something important to say I may interrupt because if I don't I may forget what I want to say. I know this is irratating but don't know how else to handle it. I don't do it often because I figure most of what I have to say is just not that important. Because i don't speak up people say I never say anything. I guess they are right.
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I do see your point, and I must admit that I also have the urge to interrupt because I'm liable to forget what was on my mind. But I mostly repress that urge because I don't like it when others interrupt me. So, it's kind of a do unto others as you would have them do unto you sort of thing.
Occasional interruptions don't really bother me. But my complaint is about people that do it constantly. And often their interruption is irrelevant anyway, and is likely to be on some other topic altogether. But more often, because they didn't listen to my whole sentence or thought, their interruption comment is likely to be way off - simply because they didn't hear the rest of my sentence.
And then there's the issue that if I get interrupted, I may forget what I was going to say to finish my thought. So it works both ways, I think - if you interrupt someone constantly, then you are putting them in a position to forget what they wanted to say.
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
3 Aug 10
the roomie's mom has always had a bit of that problem, but its been so much worse since she had the stroke - if people keep doing it, I stop talking
honestly, that works, if I don't have to talk to a certain extent
but you're right, it does become really annoying when you know that the person really needs to hear what is about to be said...
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
3 Aug 10
Oh, definitely! All too often I'll be interrupted with a counter point that wouldn't BE a counter point if they had heard the rest of my sentence!
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@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
3 Aug 10
Well, I guess I'm fortunate I'm not married anymore! LOL!
And, Yeah, those psycho things can really make you psychotic, eh? :-)
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
3 Aug 10
Thanks! I'll have to try the A B conversation tactic! It also makes me think that I ought to just stop talking altogether, and when they ask why I'm so quiet, I'll say something like "Well, I haven't been able to finish a sentence yet, so I figured I just let you do all the talking!"
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
4 Aug 10
Does that mean you hate it when you get interrupted? Or that hate is the best way to handle interruptions? I think I'll assume that you mean the former. And in that case, yup, I hate it too!
