To hate when people repeatedly tell the same stories?

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I have a colleague (we started one month apart) who constantly tells me about the interview process, who interviewed her, what she had to do etc.

And I just think yes we spoke about this the day we met. Why do you think I don’t know this story?!?

My sister is terrible for this too. Constantly tells me the same stories that she would have told me at the time they actually happened. But no a good 15 years later I’m still getting told about the time her uni friend walked out of their exam.

It’s interesting you say about the folklore, as I do find some stories my grandparents told me more than once now have really stuck with me and are things I use as a reference point when thinking of them. I even told my dcs one of the stories the other day ( I’d been asked about the gp) and found I was quite relieved to have something concrete to fill in the details with. It was an anecdote that described an interaction between my GM and GGM and perfectly exemplified my GM’s sense of humour ( which was hilarious). I’d been asked what she was like and I said “ hilariously mischievous.” When asked “ like what?” I was actually pleased to have an inter-generational anecdote to add to what I remembered myself. It struck me then that all the oft-repeated stories from GP all kind of work as “ mini time capsules” of various bits of information - which I suppose is how folklore and folktales worked to hand things down the generations .

Obviously this doesn’t apply to someone on loop in the office! But I’m now pleased to have a lot of the family stories well-etched in my mind - even if I did give an eye roll at the fifth time.

@apostrophewoman that reminds me of Dinnerladies when Dolly is woffling on and Jean says "You don't need to set the scene, it's not bloomin Catherine Cookson!" (I often say that to DH because he gives far too much background!)

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I think I'll adopt this approach from now on.

My dad does this. My family remember them all off by heart. Even telling him
We know, doesn't shout him up!

When people do this to me, I start to join with the story after about the third or fourth retelling, or even just recount it myself, but faster to get it over and done with. "And didn't X say Y? And then so-and-so walked around the corner and heard everything? And you all had a good laugh..."

My Mum does this. In excruciating detail, usually including people I don't know. Multiple times in the same conversation.
Even if I say 'yes you told me' she will tell it again. This could be 5-6 times.

Then I have to hear her telling other people. They glaze over but she carries on.