Common issue, but I wish people were more involved in getting to know me.
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The elders in my house constantly butt in and talk over me.
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I was talking to my grandma about plants and she barely gave me a moment to speak – I bought up the topic. Once she finished speaking I said, “So as I was saying blah blah…” she deafed me out. I felt so irritated.
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My grandad is why the saying, “If A + B are having a conversation, C yourself out of it…” was invented. Constantly interjects, directs the conversation back to himself.
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These two are draining to be around, yet fail to self assess bc they’re stuck in their ways.
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I’ve noticed that a few other family members are like that including my mom and uncle – they want the mic constantly on them.
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My uncle is a lot like my grandma, in which he’ll say what he has to say, but he’s not interested in what you have to say.
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Fortunately, my siblings are good conversationalists.
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I’m also irritated by my friend. The girl needs an autobiography in her name, bc she loves talking about herself. If she asks me a question, she’ll air my answers and then start talking about herself again.
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I’ve had talks about it with my family members, that I find it draining when they constantly hog the mic and don’t let me have a word in. I have yet to have a word with my friend.
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For me, it’s important for the conversation to include everyone and not attempt to constantly “make a point”.
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E.g. during gatherings, I make sure to involve all my cousins and siblings. In one gathering my two cousins took hold and nobody else could get a word in.
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It feels like these people have something to constantly prove. And they never shut up either. Yet when I used to talk a lot, they called me self obsessed and a chatterbox.
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