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writes:How to make my boyfriend to stop interrupting me. My boyfriend has this annoying habit of constantly interrupting me. Especially I notice it when there are other people involved in conversation. For example, we invited a landscaper to do out front yard. i had so many questions. Everytime I asked the guy a question, he starts talking to Him. So, I had to repeat my question several time before the guy could answer it. It's like my boyfriend doesn't notice that I m right here next to him, saying something?Then I asks the guy something again and my boyfriend started adding to my question and something that was totally out of topic. At one point I told him : why are you talking instead of me? And I could see that the landscaper guy felt uncomfortable to witness it. I don't want to act like this especially in somebodies presence, but this is not stop interrupting and story telling really are getting on my nerves. I feel when I am in his company with whoever I never have a chance to have a normal conversation with anyone because he is right there interrupting. Even when we are alone, and I am trying to tell him about something that happened with me, he adds all the time to my story his opinion, and sometimes I even forget whatbi wanted to tell him as he turns the whole conversation to his side, and suddenly I realize that now he is saying about my story for the last 10 minutes without me even getting through half of it. Reply to this Question
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reader, olderthandirt  +, writes (13 August 2014):
 I saw a guy get the ltimate put down for doing just this same thing. Guy A was lways interupting and over-tlking others because he thought his idea or story was much more important than the person doing the talking at any given time...so guy just turned slowly to him after being interuptedand said slowly and calmly but loud enough for everyone to hear. "I'll bet you suffer from premature ejaculation too don't you!" The room applauded and Guy A slinked over to his desk and sat quietly for the rest of the day. Cured him forever of interupting the person that was talking.
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 August 2014): To be honest, it's a habit that was allowed when he was a child and now he can't stop; it's not because he doesn't respect you. I struggle with it because most of the people in my family interrupt everyone and I try not to.
With a lot of people (not always, sometimes it is about control), interrupting is like an itch that is dying to be scratched and the more you try not to, the bigger the itch becomes and it's very frustrating not to say it, but also frustrating if we interrupt the other person. Assuming he's around your age, it's unlikely he'll change and you'll either have to accept it or let him go and you shouldn't HAVE to accept it, so it needs to be your choice.
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 August 2014): The most admirable and desirable trait in a man for me is when he have high regards with what you call respect. Interrupting someone is unacceptable. Its very disrespectful.
I dont think if he will ever change.
Unless you get a new bf. But your bf nahhh.. sorry, i do think he will be forever annoying.
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reader, uzer  +, writes (13 August 2014):
Tell him how you feel. Men sometimes do this when they want to be in control, but if you're not looking to be controlled, then you need to tell him that you can handle talking without him interrupting you and tell him that you don't believe that it is respectful. Call him on it every time it happens.
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 August 2014): Tell him to stop doing it. If he doesn't then he simply doesn't respect you. Do you want to be with someone that behaves like that?
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