Is it annoying to you when people talk about their life?

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cool, that is intense, thank you for sharing your day

 

No. I enjoy hearing about other people's lives. I don't talk much, so I like to be around people who make up for it. Plus a lot of people are fairly interesting, I think.

 

I do to, I love people and hearing about their lives, but I figured I would make a thread and see if there are people that dont like hearing about peoples lives..I usually consider it a privelege when people open up to me,.

 

It really depends on the moment and the person.

 

it really weirds me out when people I don't know very well start telling me really personal information. It all depends on context, of course. If something leads up to revealing personal information, then I have no problem with it. When someone just sits down beside me and tells me, apropos nothing, about how their grandfather used to touch them down there and their husband cheated on them and their mother never gave them anything, then I think that's strange. I'm a private person. It can take me years to reveal personal information to people, so I don't always trust people that just spill the beans to everyone they meet. It makes me think they have a few screws loose.

People do this to me a lot for some reason.

 

Heh, maybe they feel comfortable saying to you because they know you're private and won't tell or hassle them about it. Maybe they just need to get it out and they are more talking, than talking to you.

I find that I give TMI to strangers or near strangers without realizing it sometimes, or sometimes I realize it, but I like the freedom of not having to answer to people or talk about it further because the people don't really care and I don't really know them.

In terms of talking about my life, I don't do it so much with people I've known a very long time unless I am very, very close to them. I make friends fast and usually feel very comfortable with people and feel we are like-minded before I reveal my personal life, but that could be in the first time I meet them or maybe online.

So basically, depends on the person.

On the other hand, I usually enjoy listening to people talk about their lives, but not always.

 

I'm a hairstylist. I hear EVERYTHING! I'm a cheap therapist. I know many intimate details about many people because I'm "safe". Who am I going to tell. I love it. I had a 71 year old woman talking to me about being horny yesterday.

 

i dont mind...until they start talking about their pains and ailments acting like theyre the first ones to ever have pain

 

It only annoys me when it's the same people, with the same problems that you've heard over and over again. Especially if you have given them suggestions that they haven't tried.

 

It doesn't bother me to hear about other peoples lives. What's annoying is when someone I don't know very well starts telling me stories using first names of people...as if I'm supposed to know who the hell these people are. Like.....thy don't even say if it's a friend, daughter, sister, brother, etc. They just go on with the story as if I'm a member of that circle of people and know who everyone is and their histories.

 

I never really gotten this. I've always been pretty awkward with hairstylists and we usually don't talk after the first few minutes.

 

I am not a big talker but I am a good listener. It does depend on who it is and what the situation is but I love to hear Dad talk about his earlier life, when he was a kid, WWII etc.. When Mom was still with us I liked to hear her stories too.

 

me too unless she's cute and click right away.

 

good, I dont have the 13th post again..

what life?

 

I can see how that bothers a lot of people, but I like anything that takes attention away from me. When I get gas in the morning before work I usually go in the convenient shop to get a pop. This is usually around 3AM. I always end up listening to at least 15 minutes of the cashiers' lives, sometimes more. I probably say 10 words at the most. I drive an hour to work and have to get gas about every third day, so I hear quite a lot.

 

I'm guessing you both don't have a regular stylist you go to. When you go to the same one for years you build a friendship and a bond. I have clients that I've been doing their hair for the past 15 years. They tell me everything. I find out people are pregnant before they tell their family. I know about plastic surgery that they aren't telling anyone about. I get to hear people complain about their parents, husbands, in laws. I get invited to their weddings. See pictures of their kids. I have clients that will come to Iowa from New York City, LA, Texas, Arizona, Missouri just to see me. A bond between a stylist and a client can be strong if you find one you like and continue to go to them.

 

Hm, that doesn't bother me. I figure that they must be in some pretty bad pain if they need to talk about it. Worse than mine, anyway.

 

That is certainly true for me. I get my hair trimmed once or twice a year.