Do you have a colleague who talks about her child ALL the time

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One of my colleagues talks constantly about her child. To the point she'll listen everything she's eaten that day. I feel bad but its so boring.

I actually left a job once in part because of a colleague like this. Literally told me how many times they'd puked, what time it was when they puked, everything. I wanted to rip my ears off. Sympathies

Could you be a bit more compassionate and consider maybe she's lonely and looking for a conversation, have you tried steering it into another direction?

Oh yes, I've got one of those. She hasnt realised that noone gives a shit about her or other people's children. She us constantly trying to show "hilarious" videos and spouting off anecdotes. I'm not interested in the slightest. When she taking about Daniel I just say "who"? And pretend not to know who she is referring to. Petty, I know.

I have a male colleague who talks about his kids all the time, to paint himself as a 'good guy'.

It's boring, but I prefer it to sports chat (which is what all the other partners talk about).

I thought listing the food was bad enough! I can’t even be bothered with this info about myself or my family so….

I used to be a bit like that when I was 28 and just had my 4 year old son ( now 18)

You don’t have to keep listening! Start interrupting. “I must get on,” or similar.

It might feel rude, but SHE is being rude by droning on!

Yup! And these amazing, talented, special children are at a well known private school so we also get to hear all about that too and how marvy everything is!
It’s a boarding school too so most of us are super judgey about sending a 9,11and 13 year old away for no obvious reason.

'When she taking about Daniel I just say "who"? And pretend not to know who she is referring to. Petty, I know.'

😁
Bet she didn't get the message though!

Some people are unbearably self absorbed, and some of those people are parents. And yes, they do it to show off and probably because they want reassurance about how heroic they are, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to be bored rigid all the time!

Yes, I have had a colleague like this. She would ramble on non-stop for hours detailing every little thing they had done, updates on the nursery reports throughout the day and was also incredibly dismissive of her husband all the time.
Absolute nightmare, used to wear my earphones and say I was very busy but she would still tap me on the arm, or talk to people passing by!

Yes, I worked with one of these. The daily reports on little Jimmy’s bowel movements were bad enough, but I had to switch off mentally when she announced to the whole department that she was “really worried about Jimmy’s foreskin”.

This was pre-internet and mobile phones, thankfully, otherwise I’m sure we would have had the videos as well. In truth, she was a great mother doing her best after being dumped by a loser, just a chronic oversharer.

Yes. I also know all about his food preferences and his opinions of every film he's watched.

He's 24.

Oh God yes. Shows videos noones interested in BUT most irritating is she relays something he's allegedly said in a child like voice 😡 Drives me nuts plus I don't believe he says a fraction of the things she claims

Not the case with my colleague. She's just a child bore

Known several people like this in workplace and actually as I was struggling with infertility and going through ivf I just found it so painful. Spent a few years working with my headphones in to get away from it!!!

People need to read the room, shouldn't think anyone wants to hear about anyone else's kids that much. I'm very mindful now I'm a parent to read the room and only mention kid if people ask

'People need to read the room, shouldn't think anyone wants to hear about anyone else's kids that much. I'm very mindful now I'm a parent to read the room and only mention kid if people ask'

Exactly! I wish more parents were like you. I wouldn't dream of boring people senseless with stories about my partner

I had one of those. In the end, when she starting talking I'd say 'right you've got 5 mins to talk about DC, I'm timing you, then we're moving on.'

I think it goes for any subject. It's just part of being an integrated into society person

Especially when you come across those that tell you the same thing day in day out 😂

Absolutely love this

Yawn loudly, say ‘can we change the subject’, start talking very loudly and obviously about a pet if you have one.
Sorry I can’t bear women like this. And yes it is usually women, never met a man who does it.

I'd much rather listen to someone talking about their child than have to hear about all the hilarious things my colleagues' pets get up to 🙄
But, yeah, people should realise that talking constantly about one subject - any subject - is usually v boring for the people around them.

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Nope, but I do have a colleague who always talks about her dog. She hasn't even picked him up yet and I'm already fed up of it!! 😭

I worked with one like this. If it wasn't her kids then it was her grandkids. It was completely relentless and nobody, but nobody was remotely interested. You'd ask someone else in the office "oh how is Bob getting on" and before they could finish a sentence about Bob, she'd interject with "oh yes my Peppa went to that place and blah blah".

God speed