A friend asked a few of us over for takeaway and wine in her garden last night. We had a great night and laughed our heads off. One woman, however, kept trying to drag me into private conversations with her. Nothing important, just stuff about her new garden furniture, her on line pilates etc. It was so annoying having to listen to this while I could hear the rest of the group having interesting conversations or roaring laughing at something. I had to be almost rude on a couple of occasions, jumping back into the main group chat the minute she drew breath.
I used to work with a woman who would do this at coffee break. Whoever was sitting beside her would constantly be dragged away from the main conversation to listen to her droning on about her grandson's new creche or her niece's s new house.
Why do people do this? Obviously sometimes a group of people will break away into smaller chats. But some people seem determined to hijack the person beside them, no matter where they are, to do this
