You’ve heard of Mansplaining. Now there’s Shelaborating.

This is where you ask a woman a yes or no question, and instead she’s still answering the question 15 minutes later.

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uncalled4 · 56-60, M

That's my gf, but I think that's attributable to her ADHD. Every story is a miniseries. Many of them take longer than the actual event did.

Punches · 46-50, F

@uncalled4 I can imagine the look of horror you must have when she says, "We need to have a loooong talk". 🤣

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@Punches That's just it--she launches into a ten-part miniseries about nothing with dozens of superfluous characters, incidents, and situations. No warning.

Punches · 46-50, F

@uncalled4 I hope that doesn't happen during, umm, "tender" moments in the bedroom. 😄

But yeah I used to work with a guy who did that. Of course he was autistic, think "Rain man".
He would follow co-workers around telling them about how on some obscure date in 1971, he saw a Canadian license plate (we are in America). Or some song he heard on the radio.

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@Punches Noooo, lol.

Not everyone with ADHD has that "endless storytelling" thing, though; it's just that lots of people with ADHD don't have an OFF switch. Autistic people tend to live in this hyper-logical world, which I guess is why innuendo and social cues don't register with them.

I'm lucky enough to have OCD, so I get some of that.