To be annoyed with all the waffle and preamble before people get to the point on here

[Chewie1986]

So many times someone will start a thread, post a huge wall of text, often poorly paragraphed, and a fair chunk is just waffle when they could get to the point in about two sentences.

Then they are accused of drip feeding.

You can't win.

Yabu

We are all different....can't all be how you would want us to be

Why is your title so rambling and long?

I agree with NotStoppedAllDay

I agree with all previous posters. YABU.

The whole 'name changed for this one' makes me half the time. (Sometimes I can see the reasoning but not all of the time)

Agree.
Also agree about pointless namechanging

Well, this is a dull thread!

What's with all the thread prefects on here at the moment?

I get lost on the "lets call her A, lets call him B... lets call her L" type threads.

I'm a fine one to comment though, I rarely reply with less than 4 substantial paragraphs!

Somewhat Guilty of same. Trouble is there's no edit function on here, so you can't go back and excise what you later spot is superfluous info or add in points you may have missed so as to avoid later drip feeding.

YANBU - prefer a concise OP, preferably with a diagram.

OP, totally agree. I wish people would cut to the chase. Time for a word limit?

YANBU, I wish there was a cut to the chase emoji.

When they say my partner doesn't listen to me, it really doesn't surprise me.

Reminds me of someone, the way they digress & bring in inconsequential nonsense into the 200 line message.

Each to their own, everyone is different

Your title said it all, you didn't need the waffle in your OP too

I'm a waffle Queen, so YABU.

(Briefest post I've ever written.)

Get to the point OP

Sometimes people need to explain the situation. Yes to pps who say drip feeding is also criticised.
Yabu

More accurately you're probably cross at people who can't tell a story - both ends of the spectrum are irritating. The one paragraph of "So my sister said she wouldn't and now her DH is well pissed so what do I do?" leaving people confused, and the epic story dating back to 1987 which could have been condensed into "My sister and I have had some fallings out over the years..."

It's a skill to be able to select a few relevant points and summarise them just enough for the audience to follow, without going off on tangents and keeping things succinct and understandable. Can't really blame those who don't have it.

Yes, agree with cozumel. It's basically people doing a brain dump without thinking that it makes it incredibly hard to read and follow.

Some of the epic OPs which go into ridiculous levels of detail before actually getting to the point puts me off reading them. But then equally, you get someone who tells a horrendous story, the next poster suggests it's not the whole story so the OP says 'oh yes, it was Thursday not Friday when it happened' and there's a chorus of 'MASSIVE drip feed there!'