Why do people like to talk my ear off?

[geekgrrl]

Do I have 'Tell me your life story' written on my forehead or something? I seem to really attract people who want to spill it all...

(She says after just spending 3 precious child-free hours with a social worker who was here to do an initial assessment of dd2's needs but left eventually with me knowing far more about his children than he knows about mine)

I've had that so many times lately - HELP! How can I avoid this without being rude?

are you tech support? perhaps that's it.it's some kind of aura thing that we have.

anyway did I tell you my auntie suzan got married, and cousin billy lost his first tooth last week. when I was little I used to suck my thumb.

stop saying (eg) 'How fascinating!' and start responding with (eg) 'Ah, my ds did that too, but even worse was the time when he got hold of the marmite and...' etc etc.

I suppose what I'm really saying is become a rampant egotist - at least if you're talking about yourself they can't talk at the same time...

oh, you know just what I mean then, senora? I got the low-down on a stranger's son's pancreatitis last week - today it was jiujitsu and vibration white finger.
I'm a translator - maybe I should retrain as a counsellor?!

agggh this really annoys me to.. I know more about the headteachers children problems than she does my child... I'm tempted to say thats really interesting but I'm here about MY DAUGHTER... even DD's teacher started to tell me about her own autistic tendencies she thinks she has... am I bovvered...

I swear I WILL NEVER DO THIS...

I get that a lot, I once met a tiddly Irish man who insisted on regaling me about his dreadful break up with his wife (I didn't really mind I love the irish lilt), but he kept punctuating his sentances by elbowing me (I was bruised by the time I got off the bus).
Then there was the old dear who told me all about her childhood in South Africa...all the way from holloway to Stamford hill (again she was rather pleasant and I didn't mind too much).

My cousin once had to sit through an old dear going on about 'them muslim how awful they were terrorists the lost of them'.... Cousin is blue eyed and has fair to light brown hair. He was sat there going umm at points (as he didn't really know what else to do). At one point another man obviously muslim boards the bus and hails cousin who promptly replies, to which the old dear screeches 'oh my god you're one of them' she jumped off the very next stop..... pretty sprightly old lady.

Dont look so interested. Look down. Dont respond and reply and hopefully the other persons rambling will cease. good luck. have a neighboor like that who talks for Great Britain. how does one get rid of her .?? any suggestions. ??

Yes, I'm another person with "please regale me with all of your woeful and pitiful tales" on my forehead.

I have a neighbor also who always replies to "how are you?" with "None the better for your asking" I know when he says that, It's time to prod DS so he cries and thus giving me an excuse to break away.