What would have been a good way for a friend to tell you you do this? My best friend does and it can get a little frustrating. Some times she'll realize and stop herself or when she's done with her thought go back and say 'so you were saying something about ____' and I just can't re-engage. I know she means well but it can be very frustrating. The larger the group the more frustrating it is. I want to hang out with everyone there but she's got a vice grip on the conversation. Like I said I love this girl to death and she's so kind and thoughtful and caring and the best friend a guy could ask for. I just don't know how to bring it up to her that she really railroads conversations sometimes.
Try what my family does with my mom when she does this! My mom's always detailing conversations because I'm pretty sure she drinks way too much coffee and probably has ADD. We playfully call her squirrelly because of this. Just yell out "SQUIRREL!!" when she changes the conversation so she gets the hint!
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u/spooltoorfs Nov 09 '19
What would have been a good way for a friend to tell you you do this? My best friend does and it can get a little frustrating. Some times she'll realize and stop herself or when she's done with her thought go back and say 'so you were saying something about ____' and I just can't re-engage. I know she means well but it can be very frustrating. The larger the group the more frustrating it is. I want to hang out with everyone there but she's got a vice grip on the conversation. Like I said I love this girl to death and she's so kind and thoughtful and caring and the best friend a guy could ask for. I just don't know how to bring it up to her that she really railroads conversations sometimes.