Why does a girl who actively dislikes me literally get involved in every conversation I have with anyone else?

[TwixBix1]

Why does a girl who actively dislikes me literally get involved in every conversation I have with anyone else?

A girl who bullied me out of envy over a year (I never did anything to her and I'm a total people pleaser) but choose to not speak with her most of the time since.

At work, whenever I speak to anyone, she will immediately notice and somehow get involved with a pointless one liner directed at the person I'm speaking to - nothing nasty or mean but she consistently gets involved, even if she's on the other side of the room! I don't get why?

I have met people like this. I have used the technique of stopping talking, turning my back and saying loudly ‘As I was saying....’ Used a few times, it stops them. Either that, or keep your conversations more discreet.

I've worked with a couple of people like this. It's insecurity and she sees you as a threat. She's being controlling in butting in on the conversations.

People like this are toxic. My advice would be to engage as little as possible with her if you can.

You have 2 options:
Option 1- pull her aside and ask her what her issue is
Option 2- every single conversation you have in work keep bringing her into it, ask her what she thinks, ask her what she would do, laugh and make jokes to co workers in front of her and join her in (I’m sure she’ll get fed up of it)

Sounds like she just hates you because you get on with everyone and she needs to butt in to conversations to be heard.

Why do you think she actively dislikes you? We have two people like this in our office. One is insecure and a bit socially inept and tries hard to join in the general conversation, to feel included.
The other takes offence and tries to freeze her out but to an extent that she goes overboard and it feels almost spiteful.
Neither can understand why each dislikes the other.
Have you tried just being nice but vague and letting the stress levels drop a bit.

Thanks everyone for your responses so far

@Seniorschoolmum
It's not at all that I don't like her because of this behaviour - it's due to her historically bullying me, excluding me etc (which I presumed was out of envy career-wise) which is why I find her behaviour now very fishy. If a random girl I had never met before continually involved herself in every conversation I had with someone, I would just think she's nice/overly friendly/keen to befriend but not the case with this done.

Any other responses? Thanks :)

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Could she actually be being friendly and trying to make amends? How long ago was the bullying?