I talk to old people sometimes, regularly in fact...

but have you ever been in a situation where it's been 2 hours, and they're not even telling stories, it's just mundane bullshit about how they picked out a pumpkin over and over again, but they don't even stop to take a breath, they just keep going and going. Yeah, how do you tell a miserable, lonely, old person that you just really have to go because frankly I don't feel like wasting hours of my life acting as Xanax?

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SW-User

:( It is so sad to see that level of loneliness. You are good for listening as long as you do.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@SW-User I agree. I try to help. But I was trying to send signals and this woman just wouldn't stop. So eventually I just started slowly making my way to the door. Take a step, listen to a few more sentences, take another step. Eventually at the door. "Okay, well I have to go now." And she's still talking in mid-sentence as I walk out the door. 😢

bijouxbroussard · F

@Xuan12 That’s especially sad. A listener’s not even really required for her conversation.