How do you feel when someone could not stop complaining?

China
June 9, 2011 7:36am CST
What will you feel if someone is complaining about life around you all day long.This afternoon,I recceived a call from one of my friends,complaining about his recent life.At first,I didn't know why he complained so much about life,as I know his life is not very busy and he doesn't lack money.After a long time listening to his complainment,I got a little bored,as I had a lot of work to deal with.I wanted to break his depressing complaining words,but failed.About half an hour later,I found it rather difficult to stop him talking,but had no suitable words to comfort him,but fortunately,my cellphone ran out of electricity. Guys,have you ever meet with such affairs?How do you feel and how do you deal with them?
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16 responses
@foxxynik (11)
• Nigeria
21 Jun 11
With such complains, one could easily learn more of what life is all about. Though i dont like long discussion, so if i were you, i'd tell he/she to get itself engage in sport activity so as to enable he/she to think less.
@jenggai (19)
• Philippines
10 Jun 11
I have one officemate who complains a lot everyday. He complains every morning about his work, even the littlest thing. Everyday he keeps on whining. He talks so loud and disrupts other people's work. He is so noisy I sometime tell him to shut up or lower his voice. Such kind of people distracts the workers around him.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
10 Jun 11
Hi there, I have a couple of people with whom unwillingly though I have to come in terms. They start with a prologue and narrate the story in such a slow pace that you feel like running away but you have to look for a reasonable cause to break the stream. One is cell phone. In between his talk I stop him and say in such a manner that I really had to make a call to some one without fail and do call some but before it is a minute I cut the connection and thus get rid of them. There are some other tricks too to avoid such people.
• India
10 Jun 11
Hie Friend Yes I i have friends that certainly keep on complaining about their life. I get a very bored at times.. but we only thing from our prospective when our friend calls its just that they have trust on us and call to us to share their feelings.. the reason they do is because they want to make their heart lighter and iam sure when we listen to their problem we make them feel better. So whenever i am round my friend and he starts i just quietly listen it just takes a little matter of time i just keep this in mind and then rest everything is ok. So whenever you are bored about this stuff it depends on you either you can just ignore or listen to the person. All the best my friend in future.
• India
10 Jun 11
hi5 !!!! even i sail in the same boat as you !!! well may be due to experience over a period of time i have actually got to a saturation point which now lets me shut my ears mentally when they pour out heir sad stories to me !! i agree a "FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED " but please i dont need all these stories .. you agree with me right ??? even i need help out of here when they come and mercilessly pour out all their worries on me which on closer view you actually find its nothing to be worried about ..you could go out of your way to help all those poor and needy people out there who are actually having miserable lives which they move forward without even a single amount of complaining rather than wasting your time in helping these spoilt brats!!!! so dear friend try looking into the problems initially if it turns out to be waste just turn a deaf ear to them by and by they will either get to know of their nasty behavior or they might find another person to pour their rubbishes onto !! have a happy day :):):)
• Romania
10 Jun 11
some people are annoying if the only thing to do is complaining and not take a decision once in a while when is needed..but what if that person was just feeling alone and he needed someone to just listen to him?sometimes talking with a friend make us feel better ...and maybe his real problem wasnt the money but someone to give him an advice ...to help him out...its quite frustrating when we need someone to talk to to and we realize that there is nobody to listen to us isnt it?
@GemmaR (8517)
9 Jun 11
I had a flatmate at university who complained about literally everything. She hated the university, hated the course, hated the halls and hated her room. Worst of all, she used to talk about each of our other flatmates behind their back and then be nice to their faces, which in my opinion is totally out of order and put us all in an impossible situation with regards to trying to remain friends with everyone. She dropped out of university this year because she had no friends and she was just generally unhappy, and I strongly believe that it might have been the best decision she ever made because she was quite clearly so unhappy where she was.
@Hvaniday1 (550)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 11
Hello Qianlizhifeng, people called me qianlizhiwai, so how is life going in China? Maybe you are the good one who will not say no to a friend's need. I have a friend who always talks about his business and matters. He don't really care about your ears would suffered from his words over the cell phone . You mean he won't stop until your cellphone is out of battery? Your friend's is really have a bad day. Maybe you can let him know that you have other matters to take of. Relax, he will realize one day. Have a nice day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLaLPhWuKZQ&feature=related
9 Jun 11
Oh my god it really irritates me when people go on and on about problems. You only live once make the most of it and stop whining I mean to talk about a problem fair enough but to constantly and only talk about it, very very frustrating. I tend to nod along and it depends on the other person if he/ she is elderly then I respect it. If the person is fairly young i say you have a long way ahead things will brighten up so stop complaining.
• China
9 Jun 11
Hello, the same as you, I don't like people who complains too much. When I come across your situation, I always try to change the topic or show my impassibility about what he complains apparently, maybe he'll understand your view and stop it.
10 Jun 11
That case was not my friend... It would be better if that was my friend... It was my exgirlfriend... Complaining about her life. She always like that. So once I couldn't bear it and run away, after that, we broke up... Done
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
9 Jun 11
Hehe. I guess it can get a bit annoying, especially if you are not in a good mood yourself. But I suppose that person just really needed to do a little venting. And you were unfortunate to be the one available. =P If I'm in a good mood, I might try to be understanding. Because I expect I can be the same sometimes - feeling the need to complain and complain and complain... and just get those things out of my system. =)
• Philippines
10 Jun 11
There are really some people who kept on complaining not minding others has a greater problem than they have. I think they are self centered, and think what will be best for them all the time. Let's think for solutions not the problem. The world can offer us a lot of worries and what we have to do is adjust, have patience and smile.
• Philippines
9 Jun 11
When someone talks to me and complains I'd listen first whether it is important or trivial. Some people would just like to air out their stress and you just happen to be their reliever. I would most likely just nod my head or if in the phone I would just pretend I'm listening. When I'm busy I'd most likely excuse myself, tell him/her that now is not a good time maybe and somehow set a schedule to talk or listen to them.
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 11
I have some friends who like complaining too, I think there are many people like that, some people are just not satisfied with what they are having, and always want more. I always tried to give them some suggestions when they complain to me, tried to make them think positively, but at last I found that these methods are useless. I think some people just like to complain, but they do not wish to make any changes to what they are not satisfied with. Hence, suggestions and advice are actually meaningless to them. I suppose they just want someone to listen to them, to agree with them. As much as I can, I will try to listen to them, let them complain. But, after a few times, I'd really find an excuse to not listen to them if I can, because listening to too much complaints is not good for ourselves too.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
9 Jun 11
Well that is just one of those things in life that I have really learned to deal with. If I had learned one thing about life in general is that people like to complain about everything. A lot. Perhaps that is something that makes them happy. I really do think that people would be unhappy that they have nothing to complain about. Which technically would give them something to complain about, as people who like to complain having nothing to complain about would be something for them to complain about. I have no idea where I was going with that one. Still it does slightly annoy me just a little bit, when people tend to complain about things that I have nothing to do with. And thus technically speaking, I can do nothing about them. That is really one of the most annoying things in the world. Then I ask them, "well what do you want me to do about it?" Then they start complaining about the fact that I am being unhelpful. Well yeah, if it was something I was in control of but I am not. I just think a lot of the time, many people just enjoy hearing the sound of their own voices. That has to be it. I just let them go off and play the casual listener.