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To hate having my sentences finished?

28 replies

Justforexample · 12/04/2024 21:19

I met a woman today who did it.

’Does she sleep well?’ (About my baby DD)
I said ‘yes she’s not too bad, she generally just wakes -‘
’when she’s ill.’

(no I was going to say once a night)

’does she see her grandparents much, do they help?’
’not really, my parents are -‘
’not really into babies?’
(I was going to say dead!)

I realised my dad used to do it all the time and it gave me the rage!

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Beginningless · 12/04/2024 21:25

I know a couple of people who mouth along to what others are saying, almost trying to anticipate their words as they come out. Very strange, I think it must be anxiety.

SocksAndTheCity · 12/04/2024 21:22

YANBU. I have a friend who does this constantly and also never gets it right, but him talking straight across me makes me forget what I was originally going to say so I often can't even correct it.

It's fucking infuriating, especially since I've lost count of the times I've asked him not to do it.

JacquesHarlow · 12/04/2024 21:21

I don’t know why people do this. I’d love an explanation.