I am getting seriously fed up with a mate of mine. We both have DC at the same school and most mornings end up walking some of the way to school together and see each other at pick up too, and see each other for coffee outside of school. I do like her and she's a nice person but has an irritating habit of turning the conversation round to being about herself.
If for example I say my 3 year old isn't feeling too well, she will say her 3 year old isn't either or start telling me about a time when he was ill before, even if I've heard about it previously. She never just says "Oh I hope he soon feels better, is he ok?" Or if I start to say anything about me or what I've done or what I'm doing that day, she will just cut me off and say what she is doing that day. She also gets quite competitive about the children and thinks I want to hear endless stories about her DC, stories which, whilst they might be cute and nice when told to grandparents, get irritating when you hear story after story over and over again. If I steer the convo round to anything other than children, such as the weather or a new shop in town or something, she will still turn it round to being about her and her children.
I end up staying quiet on the school run most of the time now and if we meet up as it's hard to get a word in and if I say anything she doesn't really listen. I know it's not me being boring or trying to dominate a conversation as I have plenty of other friends with whom I have pleasant two way conversations and we both listen to each other.