Do you get told you talk too much

[whatisforteamum]

Ever since I can remember I have been told this.I always have something to say and perhaps coming from a large family of was the only way to be heard.Some people love that I am chatty and friendly while I know men especially seem to remark about it that I rarely shut up.
I do hear others chatter endlessly.
Please tell me I am not alone😁

I got told this all the time as a child. Had the verbal diarrhoea comment too. I have quite small ears and one of my friends told me it was evolution!
I am a teacher now so I get paid to talk and the best thing is that I can tell students off if they don’t listen...

I should add that for me, my mother inadvertently helped me by getting absolutely furious every time I didn't make conversation with her or other people (I.e. not behaving 'normally'). I eventually developed a fairly decent array of conversational strategies suitable for all situations thanks to this fucking psychotic early training. Thanks, mum.

I don't get told I talk a lot to my face but probably only because I get it there first and warn people that I do. I have ADHD though. I'm in a customer-facing role because I get on well with most people and can always start up a conversation. So it's handy for breaking the ice.

I tell all my colleagues to give me a sign if I'm talking to much and I'll bugger off!

It is balanced out by times when I just need headspace - and I'll hide away.

My sisters and I are always told we talk to much.
Many years ago my Dad and his good friend did a sponsored gypsy caravan drive to Appleby Fair up the A1.
The night they got back we all sat round the dining table and the three of us sisters were chattering away. Dad's friend has a v dry sense of humour. In a brief second when we weren't talking he looked at my Dad and said "T.. I can see now why you prefer the peace and quiet of a layby on the A1..." 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

I tend towards either silence or talking too much, solitary or over sociable. I was brought up with I should be 'seen but not heard,' 'speak only when spoken to', and the assumption that I had nothing of value to say, and was expected to just be silent.
At home others mainly talk about preferred conversations that I have no place in, or talk 'at' me. I do talk but it often seems a little pointless.
I'm fine going off on my own and being silent for days at a time. I went three months once without speaking to anyone and didn't notice at the time until I came back to 'civilization.'
However I'm aware when I'm around others, If I do speak, I tend to talk too much and people would prefer me to listen to them. I'm not good at meaningless conversation for the sake of it.

Depends if you can also listen. My friend who talks too much talks about herself and her life and doesn't listen or can't listen to anyone else.

It's not intentional but it's fucking boring! And yes, I do tell her. And she doesn't know she's doing it!

No never.
I don't talk to much, though I have the attention span of a goldfish.
It doesn't bother me if people talk to much, unless they are constantly bragging or filling you in on everything, including their toilet habits.

Are you a good listener OP?
My only issue with friends who talk to much, they are usually the ones who never listen.

I know I tend to talk too much so try and reign it in particularly with people I don't know well. I think I am also a good listener though and don't just talk over someone or just talk about myself.

My DH sometimes jokingly tells me I talk too much but then if I have a quiet day he keeps asking me what is wrong or am I upset or angry with him so I can't win really!

Up until I was about 40 I was very quiet and shy. People used to comment all the time about me being quiet and saying stupid sarcastic things like "Oh you never shut up do you" or "can you actually speak". It used to make me worse and really upset me.

I guess I am making up for it now

I find it tiresome that some say very little with too many words. But maybe people find me rude. Who knows? Just be yourself, you can't get on with everyone

I need a bit of "talk too much" 😄

Talk too much is better than too little. You don't get judged the wrong way. 😞