To hate when people repeatedly tell the same stories?

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overrainbowstars · 01/12/2024 22:42

I have a colleague (we started one month apart) who constantly tells me about the interview process, who interviewed her, what she had to do etc.

And I just think yes we spoke about this the day we met. Why do you think I don’t know this story?!?

My sister is terrible for this too. Constantly tells me the same stories that she would have told me at the time they actually happened. But no a good 15 years later I’m still getting told about the time her uni friend walked out of their exam.

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MyLimeQuail · 01/12/2024 22:49

Yeah there is a huge correlation between people who do this and people who love the sound of their own voices

RedVelvetIcing · 01/12/2024 22:49

I always tell them I already know and cut them off or tell they have told me X amount of times.

username358 · 01/12/2024 22:49

I know people like this and they drive me mad. However I've worked out that it's a kind of self soothing ritual.

Screamingabdabz · 01/12/2024 22:48

Yep my SIL has told me things dozens of times, and the weird thing is she always tells me like she is telling it for the first time. When I say ‘yeah I know, you’ve told me this before…’ she’ll still carry on with as much detail and boring minutiae. Why do they do it?

XenoBitch · 01/12/2024 22:45

I know someone like this too. It is very tiring, and the thing is, she thinks she is entertaining you every time. In my head, I nicknamed her "Sky News", as all her stories are just rolling on an on.

Namechangeweds · 01/12/2024 22:43

You have to be patient and listen again I think

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