NeedChange
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Sometimes when I have a joke, I say the first part then the person I'm telling it to interrupts me, ruining it. How do you get people to stop interrupting you without being a jerk about it.
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How do you stop people from interrupting you
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"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
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I'm not sure how to solve this, maybe there is no solution. Sometimes, people are going to interrupt you or walk away when you're talking.
Easy Tiger
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There might be something else going on here. If you are talking a lot and not engaging other people when you talk, they might be trying to interrupt you to get a word in edgewise and to participate in the conversation. My guess is that this is what is happening if you are often being interrupted. You need to make an honest assessment and work out if you are the guy who never shuts the f___ up. There is always one or two of these people in most social groups. If this is you then try to track down the book "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie. It has a number of good conversational skills hints.
If this is truly not the case, then you need to gently chide people when they interrupt you. Try interrupting their interruption by saying "Lemme just finish this". Or when they finish talking say "Riiiight, okay then. To get back to what I was saying..."
If you do this often enough people will get the hint that you think they are rude. If this doesn't work, and they are a close friend, have a word to them about it quietly. This should fix the problem.
If this is truly not the case, then you need to gently chide people when they interrupt you. Try interrupting their interruption by saying "Lemme just finish this". Or when they finish talking say "Riiiight, okay then. To get back to what I was saying..."
If you do this often enough people will get the hint that you think they are rude. If this doesn't work, and they are a close friend, have a word to them about it quietly. This should fix the problem.
DJ_in_making
Master Don Juan
people nowadays are just plain rude. I'm considerate and actually let people finish their conversations, no matter how uninteresting it is.
Kerensky
Master Don Juan
Dude just be like this:
You: so i was at the mall the other day and:
Jerk-off: BLAH BLAH HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT
You: dude...dude...this isn't erotic story time, wait till i'm done.
OOOWWWNNEEEDD
You: so i was at the mall the other day and:
Jerk-off: BLAH BLAH HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT
You: dude...dude...this isn't erotic story time, wait till i'm done.
OOOWWWNNEEEDD
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Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Kerensky
Master Don Juan
yea or you could do what they said...ye.a..
Distant Light
Master Don Juan
What i usually do is just speak alittle loud and keep going. Or i'd say "Hey can't i finish my sentence geez." (mainly say that to girls)
bbestar
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Speak Louder, Speak Faster
Boner da Stoner
Master Don Juan
SAY WHAT!!! "Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
DJ_in_making
Master Don Juan
sigh.....doble post
DJ_in_making
Master Don Juan
speak with a loud deep that demands authority. And once when someone did that to me I stopped looked at them and said "You're just gonna cut me off like that?" and they were like "oh sorry"
Boner da Stoner
Master Don Juan
That was NOT C+F well, not C at all! By far, it was the most powerful response though.
:cheer:
MightyMate
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It means they dont respect You. You have to be more thug and arrogant.
Well it depends. If they're unintentionally interrupting because they're excited, just say "shh" and keep talking and ignore what they said. If they're interrupting because they're bored and it's obviously disrespectful to you, look away and to the side with a disappointed look on your face and just stop talking and walk away from them.
If they care about you, they'll get upset at themselves and apologize. Then you tell them "It's okay, but I do expect you to give me the same courtesy I give you."
If they say nothing, then forget about them and work on your ability to own the frame in the meantime.
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I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Docs
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Haha, I find walking away after a inconsiderate interruption an excellent way to show how pissed I am.
Works like a charm.
Works like a charm.
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I remember in high school I had a really cool biology teacher. He was talking to me explaining how we get bonus points on assignments and ****, when I, being the dumbass 14 year old I was at the time, interrupted him.
He calmly stopped what he was saying, and told me "Look Shizam, I don't appreciate you interrupting me in the middle of my sentence. I respect you and what you're saying, and I expect the same from everyone in this class."
Needless to say I never interrupted him or anyone else rudely like that ever again. If you have a constant problem with people doing it to you, you may just have to lay it out for them.
Emphasis on calmly. Anger shows weakness in this kind of situation. If you just play it cool then people will realize they can't walk all over you.
He calmly stopped what he was saying, and told me "Look Shizam, I don't appreciate you interrupting me in the middle of my sentence. I respect you and what you're saying, and I expect the same from everyone in this class."
Needless to say I never interrupted him or anyone else rudely like that ever again. If you have a constant problem with people doing it to you, you may just have to lay it out for them.
Emphasis on calmly. Anger shows weakness in this kind of situation. If you just play it cool then people will realize they can't walk all over you.
Agree with Shizam. And whatever you do, DONT start talking louder and faster... it will become an AW contest if you give in.
I know some people that ask a question or try to engage in conversation just to start cutting you mid-sentence so they can talk and make their points sound more powerful. Once it really started to get annoying (I think the guy was high or something), I raised my hand and said "stop--check this out" or something similar (definately including the "Stop"). Apparently that was they only way he could see that he was getting too carried away or being annoying.
Also, know your audience. If you are at a loud party or something analogous, and you start telling a long joke to someonel, most probably SOMETHING will come up (music/drinks/obnoxious person) to interrupt you. Just something to consider when saying stuff that takes time to build to a punchline.
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I know some people that ask a question or try to engage in conversation just to start cutting you mid-sentence so they can talk and make their points sound more powerful. Once it really started to get annoying (I think the guy was high or something), I raised my hand and said "stop--check this out" or something similar (definately including the "Stop"). Apparently that was they only way he could see that he was getting too carried away or being annoying.
Also, know your audience. If you are at a loud party or something analogous, and you start telling a long joke to someonel, most probably SOMETHING will come up (music/drinks/obnoxious person) to interrupt you. Just something to consider when saying stuff that takes time to build to a punchline.
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