Do you have days where as you wish some people would just shut up?

YES, YES, I do have these days and on these days I do not anser the phone!

haha. I believe you're nice for patiently listening with that kind of person. In my case, I would normally make excuses just to leave the discussion or do something else just not to listen and ruin my day. I know that those kinds of people would continue to talk over and over again for as long as they have audiences.

By not saying what you were thinking you at least avoid looking mean spirited. I should keep my mouth shut sometimes when I do not. It is hard to figure how people are managing everything that they say they are doing this year.

oh yea,definetly. especially if they're one of those bragging types. i mean,bully for them but i don't need them rubbing it in.

oh sometimes sure. Especially when I am having a not so great day. I guess it happens to us all. Pretty sure someone may have thought that I needed to put a sock in too!

I have days like that all the time. I may not be used to having certain people around and they are in and out asking me things and driving me nuts. When I worked there was always one or two that always had questions and wanted my advice and it used to just drive me buggy. My daughter is very quiet and comes in quietly and is respectful. I enjoy her company.

I don't feel badly when people tell me how good they have it, it's when people get on my nerves, and I feel criticized and threatened that I just want to tell them to shut up. My husband's ex-wife told me today all about the beautiful laptop their daughter gave her for an early christmas gift. I had a completely $h!tty day, and was not happy at all, but I loved hearing all about her new computer. The way I see it, when people are telling us about their happy lives, it's vocal engergy they are not using to criticize us. Not that this lady is critical, but again, the time I spent listening to her, was time I did not spend listening to someone who was critical.

You are not alone. I know several people who talk or think they know so much about everything that I get tired of hearing of listening to them.

Yes, I've had quite a few of those days unfortunately! You speak to someone and then they start moaning and groaning about life and how difficult it is and they look at things negatively all the time and it becomes so irritating! I find it difficult to say to someone that I've had enough and so I allow them to ramble on! It's bad when they cannot get the message that you are not interested and you need some peace! I don't mind having good quality conversations but when someone is constantly moaning and whining about how bad things are for them then I'm not that keen in spending too much time with that person. Andrew

I have many times when I just wish others would shut up. I do not like people who boast a lot it gets on my nerves. But most days I would rather people talk and keep a discussion going

Why was that person in your house? I would not have people like that invited to mine. I´m sure that´s not the first time they talk like that. Why don´t you tell them to changre the subject? They were being rude, you are entitled to defend yourself.

i do but not with my friends,today it was my daughter and boyfriend

Hello Jugs. Yes we know several people that I wish would just shut up. My mother in law has a husband that no one claims. You can't get in a word edge wise when he is there. No matter how much people tell him they don't want to hear about this or that he just keeps on talking. One of these days I am going to tell him to just shut up I am so sick of trying to talk to Mary with him around. He keeps her so upset when she is trying to talk to someone he butts in and just makes her so mad. I think that is what went wrong with her heart. But she loves him and puts up with it. One day she got so upset at him she told him to shut up. I got a laugh out of that one.

Sometimes I do. When I'm tired,I don't want to talk about anything,don't want to stay with anybody.What I want is just stay alone and keep my mind empty.

ya I do but not because of what they say they are going to buy and all that its just that they ramble on so much about nothing I get tired of it lololol

Hi there jugsjugs! There are a lot of instances when I just wish some people would just shut up. We do encounter a lot of people who keep talking and bragging about themselves. Sometimes they do not even think whether people are interested in what they have to say.

I know how you feel. There really are days when, I too would rather want to be anti-social for a change. It happens to me most especially when I'm stressed over something or have some things on my mind. I hate to admit it, but sometimes, other people's successes just frustrates me, and I don't mean to be rude, but can't they just shut up about what they have instead of rubbing it on my face that I'm never going to have life easier than how it is right now? Well, there are indeed people who are just talking rubbish anyhow.

Yes I have had days that I wish some people would shut up. What I do sometimes is just start think of what I am going to do later or what I did today so when I can get to talk I will start in. I usually space the person out and only hear about half of what they are saying if they ask my opinion I have to say I did not hear the end of what you said and then I have to listen so I can give my opinion which they do not take anyway.

I Hate to brag that's why I hate to listen to someone's bragging.:-) Telling how happy you are or what you bought, where you plan to go, etc is not offending but if you are doing it practically to annoy or trying to make a person "envious" of you is not good at all especially when I know how financially uncapable they are of doing so(accumulating debts just to give in to their caprices)... Yup.I wish those kind of people would zipped their mouth.:-)

We have one familiar figure of that kind in the office. She has been known to be someone who talks too loud for everyone to hear ... these are mostly about how good her children are and what things she bought during the weekend or where she went over the weekend. She has always done this most of the times and she just talks about it without being asked about it. She shares it with someone in a very loud voice. It is so irritating to listen especially if you are concentrating with work. I had been tempted in the past to tell her to lower her voice but I couldn't do it. What I usually do is walk out of the room and get fresh air outside. Sometimes, I go downstairs to buy food, lol.