To get really fucking irritated when people constantly interrupt me

[mrsfennel]

Really pisses me off. Shut the fuck up until I have finished my sentence. I f I wait until they have finished talking, which I obviously do as I dont interrupt people, it is a one sided conversation.

I might as well put a cardboard cut out there and go and do the stuff I need to get on with.

Maybe a slight interjection of one word - "Same!" That way it's an interruption that doesn't throw the other person off their flow, and if you say it reasonably pleasantly rather than forcefully it means they can either pick it up and open up the conversation, or carry on and finish speaking. But even if they do finish the sentence they're more likely to ask you something back rather than changing the subject as they're aware you've done the same thing.

For me it's like a poster said; I would have to make notes to prevent me interrupting otherwise by the end of the speech I would be unable to respond but I think this is age related. Please forgive those Mums who do this. Also a lot of conversations should be give and take so need interjection/response to keep them interesting, flowing, to show you are listening otherwise is is like attending a lecture.

I have the same with my mum. Because I’ve been trained to see it as normal I just accepted it. My husband used to (say used as she doesn’t engage with him any more) would just stop what he was saying when she interrupted - which was every time. I initially thought he was odd as I thought you just had to accept it but now realise it’s just rude and he was right. Unfortunately now I’ve realised how much she interrupts, well asks a question then doesn’t let you finish and isn’t interested in a proper conversation, I can’t now unsee it and it makes me fume.

I share this frustration. To the point it happened in a work meeting and I snapped 'can you please stop interrupting me and let me finish my sentence.' I then got reprimanded by my manager afterwards for saying this FFS haha x

Thanks, could give that a go. To me though, I’d worry ‘same’ seems the same as saying ‘yeah, everyone’s done that, boooooring!’

Why does one person get to drone on but someone else doesn’t get to interject further than ‘same!’? 😵‍💫 life is hard 😄

I agree.

I honestly think this is generally more of a women irk (though obviously that is generalising) I think most of the men I know, either wouldn’t notice/ be arsed about it or wouldn’t it let bother them enough to stop interacting with that person/ say something.

I find women so much more sensitive and high maintenance, there seem to be so many more social rules with that you have to play by so as to not offend/ irritate them, it exhausts me.

@ferneytorro your husband’s trick is one I’ve tried. She doesn’t even notice, just keeps right on! I do at least feel I haven’t wasted my breath, though. It’s very frustrating. I occasionally remember that I actually used to enjoy talking to her- value her opinions and look forward to hearing them- and it makes me very sad that that’s no longer the case.

Yep I was married to Dh with ADHD and was talked AT for, literally years. I tried to make allowances but he became aggressive if I did occasionally interrupt. He could talk for hours and hours, mainly about himself or whatever topic he was passionate about that particular day/hour!

Oh yes sorry, it doesn’t work I should have mentioned that!! But it really showed me how much I’d normalised the sheer rudeness of it as I thought he was being dramatic and should just accept it. My solution has been to just stop telling her much, it’s like she has to do a big information dump also and then only at the end age may possibly ask something about me, but then not let me answer.

It sounds as though you are the common denominator in this issue.