How do you deal with people who never stop talking about themselves? Do you...?

Guess that you have steped them on the right place and they realized that there are also some other people around them! good work!

Hi, saphrina. You are so dern silly!

Phoenix sweetie, i have learned that no one can be that important or impressive to keep talking about themselves. It is damn boring to listen to them. TATA. Sweetie, i can only but try. TATA.

well, I guess that you have to put luckily in quotes yeah, people like that can always drive us crazy and are always annoying because I guess that there is no one who will like to listen to the same complaining of someone all day long or at least that must be a person with a very very strong nerves or someone with a removed nerve system

well, there is God i can tell now :) where did she go?

Three month ago I think my head ready to explode so every time I hear talk, I pray in my heart 'please God have mercy for me' and God help by sending her abroad for 3 years. What a freedom!

I do sometimes have to ignore people who get on chat when I'm trying to work.

I thought you are serious :)

might be that they are Chinese! heheheheh

yeah, maybe you are right, but as I already have told, by those people it si really hard to "take" the word because they just never stop talking and if you start to talk about something else they just interrupt you and continue talking about themselves again. it can be really annoying sometimes, at least for me

lol :) thats funny.

It seems that the people who say how wonderfull their life is have the worst problems.

yeah, this woman is maybe not so selfish because she is actually talking about her family, but even that what you told me can makes you go nuts, because people like that who always pretend to have some realy good family or life, people who always say how much money they or they kids have, how beautiful their house is, how niec and expensive car they have, can really drive me crazy and make mw choke them I am really so glad that I don't have any friends like that, because I wonder what could I do then!

yeah, I guess so. maybe it is something like an instinct of self-preservation, because they fell the need to tel all these things abotu themselves just to show people that they really exist and that they also have their own life. maybe we should reallly be more nice with people like that, but they should also be more scrupolous I guess!

I have shown her it's not appropriate many times and my mother did too but she's also a very bad listener. I just remembered that when she was in primary school a teacher told my mom my sister is great and has good grades and everything...but she talks to much! Ten years later and nothing changed. Thanks for the tip but there's nothing i can do

well, theni can only sorry for you my friend I will only hope that when she comes to visit you, you wonn't be there!

hell0 Slovenc! well, I am really sorry for you my friend I am really glad that my sis isn't that loud as yours is, because maybe I just can't handle with her and we must just have a lot of quarrels. well, i really understand you and know that you love your sis, but you just can't stay too much time around her :) have you ever triedto tell her that she becomes annoying very often and must try to speak less? if not then do it, and if that doesn't help then just shout to her sometimes when she is talking to you or someone else and show her some anger. I am sure that that must really help you

wooww, I guess that you are in serious trouble my friend :) I just don't want to dream about a friend like yours, because if you can stay a bit calmer and not choke her, then I wouldn't and if she talks with me that way and so much I will definitely do it People like that who always talk that much and always pretend to know everything(even when it is wrong in the most of the time) just get on my nerves and that makes me go nuts. I can only offer you to take the recorder next time and record her. let her know that she is not a "knowledgeable" person at all and maybe she will understand how you exactly feel when you are with her. what is your suffering from can only wish you luck from now on and hope that you will find some strong tipe to put onto her mouth!

hell0 there, LElin! yeah, I have also met many people like that and I even have given a nice example to some one here about something that happened mayn years ago and how a guy started talking about himself, while he was waiting for my parents. Then I was still a child and just fell asleep, but nowadays I also prefer to stay away from people like that, because they can really break the camel's back and then it would be to hard for me to stay calm :) I have never understood people like that, who always talk about themselves and always think that they are the best and the others are nothing or that others are something like their listeners. it is really weird to me, how can some people behave like that, but I think that I start realizing it. maybe it is because as children they was rejected by others and now, as they are already adults they think that it is time for payback or maybe that they want to feel a little bit better. well, it is only a suggestion and I am reallynot sure about the real reason, but I truly believe that people like that really need some help from a therapeutist or some other specialist, so taht they can learn that there are many other people around them who want to say something too, and there are many more interesting things than themselves or their life!

well, I know what are you talking about. as I have already seen there are many people here who have friends like that, and I feel like one of the little people on this world who don't have so selfish friends yeah, people like that are really hard to communicate with, because if we try to start talking about something in our life or something that has happened to us, they will suddenly interrupt us and start talking again about themselves and their daily round or will just reject us and try to go away, just maybe because they feel that there is no chance for them from now on to be the "number one" if i can of course sa it so, because people like that, always try to be the "number one", to be the best talkers among their friends, but they actaully lose them that way, ebcause no one wants to be friend with someone like that, who never stops talking about itsself no matter of the time or the circumstances. yeah, sometimes it is really hard to take it, when we lose some good friend, jsut because of that, he/she is selfish. maybe she doesn't let you go, because she knows that you are a good listener and she thinks that she will never find someone like you :) well, patience is really needed in cases like that, but as you tell, someday we just run out of it and there is no other way back!

yeah, maybe it is also an option, but that can bring you very often some quarrel with that person, because saying "shut up" is not nice at all and I prefer just to walk away and ignore those people. just pretend that I am not seeing them or that I have something more important then that!

yeah, i guess that ignoring those kind of people is really the best way to get rid of them, because quarrels and fighting is maybe not a good option. by the way you are really right- people like that who always like to talk about themselves can really be fuuny(akes us laugh) when they talking about the "bullshi*s" of their life. About them(bullshi*)selves

yeah, pretending that you are listening to them is a good way, but sometimes we just waste our time that way. maybe ignoring and rejectig them is abetter one or as you told telling them the truth which can be painful to them sometimes :(

yeah, I have also have some schoolmates like that and they were really annoying every day talking about their problems making my head "SO" big :)

yeah, I can't also communicate with people like that, actaully no one can, just because they don't let us say something and they never stop talking, and that's why the most of the people prefer to ignore them adn sta away just to feel better. I also try to stay away from this kind of people!

Hell0 cream! well, I can really understand you, because I have seen people like that many times, but fortunately have never have friends like that :) well, I guess that it is really better to stop her and tell the truth and namely that she becomes annyoing and I think that you should even do it earlier and not waiting the last moment, because as we all know the more we wait for something annyoing to stop, the more nervous we become, so let the steam of, before it kicks up the row :)

well, I raelly like your method to handle with that situation. It is a bit weird but it helps and it would be nice if other people try it too when they are in the same situation. So thank you for the nice and interesting story and hope that many people will try it and I am sure that it will work just like to you!