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dow do you tell a dear family member you arnt interested in hearing their storys?

someone in my family always talks about their life and friends stuff that's so boring and it lasts so Long to hear them out ,i cant walk away cause when i come back its worst they continue talking it drives me insane how do i say in a nice way i dont want to hear it its boring go away find someone whos your age and cares to listen .they need to know before i scream or say something mean

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Well.. honestly saying, we ought to live a life in which we could learn things from everything and everyone.. in that way you could just take the positives from his/her stories..

    If he/she tends to say the same thing again, then you can tell her what you have learnt from that even if truly there's nothing interesting.. just for the sake of convincing him/her.. you could say " yeah.. you told that already and i have learnt something from that.. you could tell me something else.." till he/she gets drained out of any stories..

  • 1 decade ago

    Say, "i really like to talk to you, and I'd like it even more if I could share some of my stories with you. Do you think you could listen a little more and talk a little less so you can hear some of the things i like to talk about?"

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