Dear god, DS2 hasn't stopped talking all morning

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DS2 aged 7 has been awake since about 6:30 and had not even paused for breath....I love him dearly, but the never ending stream of chat about Minecraft, Roblox, exercise, the dog, the cat etc is just about to drive me round the bananas.

Can anyone sympathise?

DS is 6 and I love chatting with him and we talk about all sorts but dear god, some days it’s like someone has been going at my brain with a potato masher. HE.NEVER.BLOODY.STOPS

He follows me round the house so he can talk —at— to me. If I ask him to just give me a few minutes to do something etc, he will play with his toys as close as possible to me and then talk to himself......loudly and repetitively

I’m thinking of hiring him out as an instrument of torture!

Yesterday we got in the car to go to my brothers house and I —begged— told him I just needed a quiet journey for 15 minutes as I had a headache. He stayed quiet for about 4 minutes and then started talking to me but in loud whispers .

Strike out fail!

Yeah it's kind of like a verbal water torture.

I totally sympathise OP. My four year old never shuts up, constantly wanting to engage in conversation but and this is where it gets 'fun' she has it in her head what she expects you to say and if you say the wrong/different thing then all hell breaks lose...honest to god it's like walking on egg shells (I will say she is under assessment for ASD but not sure this is related to that 🤔). Also, if I ask her to be quiet just for 5 minutes I get 'but Mummy it's good to talk to each other' not sure where she got that nugget from.

Dd1 (17) phases between sulking, stropping, one word and one syllable answers to talking the hind legs off a donkey. Fuck me, it's no wonder I drink!

I remember taking a coffee into the back garden and locking the door behind me just to get 5 minutes peace from dd1 and 2, they both talked incessantly til my head was spinning

And do yours do that thing where they get part way through a sentence, get distracted and start again..,this can happen several times before we actually get to the point of this tale. I think DS1's record is 10 false starts.

Unfortunately yes.

And they also freak out if someone sneezes or some random noise is made. "You INTERRUPTED me!! Now I have to start over again!!" While my brain is sobbing "nooooooooooo!" For heaven's sake, if you're talking constantly from morning until night, something eventually will interrupt you - even if it's just me having a breakdown.

*I sympathise, but not in the context of children - I get my ears chewed off by my 75 year old FIL. Honestly, the man is not happy unless he's talking, they visited the other night and I swear he didn't pause for breath in over 2 hours.

It's loud, overbearing, generally negative and moany, and if you dare add an acknowledgement or try to keep up your end of the "conversation" (like, ooh I know, yes that happened to me, oh yes we watched that too, sort of comments) he gets all butthurt about being interrupted and says you're rude. You also have to maintain eye contact constantly, if you look away (or glaze over) he bangs the table like a toddler or moves to get back into your eyeline whilst talking more loudly.

It's exhausting. If any of my SILs are on here they will probably recognise him.*

I might be your SIL. We definitely have the same FIL anyway

I'm so scared of DH turning into him. Constant vigilence.

DC insisted on singing me a song about ancient egyptians this morning, whilst I was trying to have a bit of privacy (going to the loo). Thankfully DC did at least stay the other side of the door, but there was a running commentary about the song and I was expected to provide feedback.

I've just had to send both DCs upstairs because I literally cannot come with any more noise tonight. I slept so badly last night that I'm tired and grumpy.

Sympathies OP as I know the feeling. Not just the talking but the questions! It's like I gave birth to the Riddler!!

I have allowed ds extra time on the PS4 so the constant chat is towards his friends and I don’t have to pretend I’m listening 😬

It’s exhausting. He used to set up lecture and question time thankfully that has passed he just rolls his eyes now when I am not quite following what he is wittering on about

We have some great conversations and we have times he just talks at me

“What would you do if x,y and z happened in minecraft, mummy?” Gives entirely made up, uninformed answer. “No mummy. X and y don’t exist in minecraft”.

Ha ha Caught you out!!!

My dd is 15 and never stops talking
When she was a baby she cried nonstop, now she talks nonstop about everything.
Today’s topics include : Boris Johnson’s hair, her best friend’s boyfriend problems, her brother’s bedroom, slow internet, the next door neighbour’s cat. I shouldn’t have taken the day off.

My 8 year old,just doesnt stop.And hes a smart fecker,so he asks you questions knowing damn well the answers.He tries to trick me.

But i sometimes say yes to things just to shut him up.And boy that comes back to bite me on the arse.I even take my hearing aid out for a bit of peace.

And I'm constantly caught out by 'which Pokemon is better' type questions. And the scorn in his voice when I give the wrong answer.

This is my eldest.