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Am I the only person thinking what came first the loneliness or the talking incessantly. 🤔
Some of us have been accused of having no empathy.
No one has mentioned how selfish these oxygen thieves are.
I’ve never heard one of them say enough of me, what’s happening in your world No, it’s all me me me.
Am I the only person thinking what came first the loneliness or the talking incessantly
... that's a point!
I realise it's uncharitable to shun people who are lonely, particularly if they mention the fact - but is the cause sometimes because they just won't stop talking?
And does anyone ever tell them?
I remember being talked-at, non-stop, for what felt like ages, and I actually felt a rising sense of panic - because I realised there was no 'concluding' point at which the talking would come to a natural end. The person in question simply lurched from one topic to another, effortlessly, and would I believe have continued indefinitely. It was utterly draining and exhausting.
This lady did not live alone, she had a husband and her mother at home, and a daughter that visited regularly. But of course, you can still feel alone even if you live with people.
What drove me to despair almost was having to listen to the tales and stories about people I didn't know and would never be likely to meet - to the point where they'd said or done something that required a verbal pat-on-the back from me, or a shock-horror response to their temerity in having said or done it.
I once stepped sideways into the entrance to a block of flats to avoid this lady, only to find her standing next to me a couple of hours later in M&S...
she most likely wanted to hear your news and catch up with you.
“especially”
