Padawanbater2
Well-Known Member
This is probably going to be a little different than most of the threads I usually post..
So I'm a really lone wolf kind of guy, spend probably 90% of my time by myself, I'm sitting here at the table browsing the internet, not really doing anything super important, just reading articles or whatever.. My sister and her boyfriend are outside with a few people getting drunk playing beer pong, earlier, about an hour ago, right when I was finishing cooking dinner, he came in and was visibly a little drunk, slurred speech, and was talking to me about his and my sisters life together, OK, whatever, I'm not going to be a dick, so I stand there and talk to him for 5 or 10 minutes, kind of hinting that I'm trying to prepare dinner and get ready to eat, walking around him in the kitchen, that sort of stuff. None of the hints are noticed, so I kind of mini snap inside my head and say "well, dinner time.." and he goes back outside.
Just now he came back inside, much more drunk, and began telling me the exact same story as last time from the beginning. Again, not wanting to be a dick, I sat here and indulged him.. As he walked up I was in the middle of reading something, kind of 'in the middle of something' looking, so he was standing there talking and after about 5 minutes inside my head I was having an anxiety attack at not being able to get a hint across to this guy. He's a really nice guy, I don't dislike him or anything, it was just excruciating sitting here with absolutely no defense! I broke after he pulled up a chair next to me and sat for another...
...Jesus fucking christ, dude just came back in for round 3 as I was writing this. SAME EXACT FUCKING STORY, except this time, he decided to tell me about drama they've been having on facebook!
...sat for another 10 minutes going on and on, over and over again, exact same stuff!!! I said "dude, you're pretty drunk, you keep telling me the exact same things like 4 times...", and he laughed it off and walked away again.
That can't be a normal reaction to have, right? I was trying to drop every hint in the book as polite as possible but the guy just wasn't getting it. I find these kinds of interactions happen pretty often with other people completely sober, and I have similar reactions. Especially if someone constantly brings up old stories involving me. I know a few people who do that, I don't see them very often so when I do, saaaaaaaaame story. I experienced it, I was there with you.. Yeah it was cool when it happened but it loses it's appeal when you hear it 40 or 50 times...
Small talk I guess.. small pointless talk about nothing really important that seem to inhabit most human interactions. How the fuck do you deal with it properly?
So I'm a really lone wolf kind of guy, spend probably 90% of my time by myself, I'm sitting here at the table browsing the internet, not really doing anything super important, just reading articles or whatever.. My sister and her boyfriend are outside with a few people getting drunk playing beer pong, earlier, about an hour ago, right when I was finishing cooking dinner, he came in and was visibly a little drunk, slurred speech, and was talking to me about his and my sisters life together, OK, whatever, I'm not going to be a dick, so I stand there and talk to him for 5 or 10 minutes, kind of hinting that I'm trying to prepare dinner and get ready to eat, walking around him in the kitchen, that sort of stuff. None of the hints are noticed, so I kind of mini snap inside my head and say "well, dinner time.." and he goes back outside.
Just now he came back inside, much more drunk, and began telling me the exact same story as last time from the beginning. Again, not wanting to be a dick, I sat here and indulged him.. As he walked up I was in the middle of reading something, kind of 'in the middle of something' looking, so he was standing there talking and after about 5 minutes inside my head I was having an anxiety attack at not being able to get a hint across to this guy. He's a really nice guy, I don't dislike him or anything, it was just excruciating sitting here with absolutely no defense! I broke after he pulled up a chair next to me and sat for another...
...Jesus fucking christ, dude just came back in for round 3 as I was writing this. SAME EXACT FUCKING STORY, except this time, he decided to tell me about drama they've been having on facebook!
...sat for another 10 minutes going on and on, over and over again, exact same stuff!!! I said "dude, you're pretty drunk, you keep telling me the exact same things like 4 times...", and he laughed it off and walked away again.
That can't be a normal reaction to have, right? I was trying to drop every hint in the book as polite as possible but the guy just wasn't getting it. I find these kinds of interactions happen pretty often with other people completely sober, and I have similar reactions. Especially if someone constantly brings up old stories involving me. I know a few people who do that, I don't see them very often so when I do, saaaaaaaaame story. I experienced it, I was there with you.. Yeah it was cool when it happened but it loses it's appeal when you hear it 40 or 50 times...
Small talk I guess.. small pointless talk about nothing really important that seem to inhabit most human interactions. How the fuck do you deal with it properly?
