DM and small town gossip

[HeyMonkey]

Disclaimer: yes I'm sure when my mum is no longer here I would give anything to have her back waffling utter shite at me etc etc, before those posters jump on.

My DM has a heart of gold and is a thoroughly nice person. But Jesus Christ she talks complete shite at us for hours. Every anecdote:

A) She has told us before
B) Is about people we have never met.
C) Is completely inconsequential I.e is a story about a stranger who has a neighbor that has a niece who went to my school and is now working in the co-op where Woolworths used to be.

I just can't. She's a nice person, but WHY do I need to hear these Shakespearean monologues that have no point or ending.

Craftycorvid - that reminds me of the year an elderly friend of my mother's came round on Boxing Day. He started talking about a series of books, and asked if I'd read them. He could't remember the name of one of the main characters though. I replied that yes, I had, and supplied the name he was missing (so obviously knew the books fairly well). He then spent the next ten minutes telling me about them in excrutiating detail, with me desperately trying to move the conversation onto other things and him not letting me. Longest ten minutes of my life!

My dm does this. I find it funny.

I started telling my mum she’s told me something already. If she tries to carry on, I’m like ‘I know, you TOLD me this’. She gets all offended but does stop. I can’t do the whole listen to the same story for the 15th time. Mil was appalling for this but couldn’t be stopped, a bit like the Terminator.

I get incredible detail from my mum about random people I simply don’t know, even if I tell her I have no idea who she’s on about. It’s deadly. I don’t care. She doesn’t do emotion.