Do you tolerate talkatives?

I can't remember clearly but I've once had this discussion with a friend about what it means to be with a talkative especially when it's in the form of a supposed friend (That is someone you met and you both agree to get to know each other) then the person turn out to talk too much than you expected.

I hate being bored, I dislike too quiet people but I also hate it when someone talk too much especially when they don't get the sign that you're fed up with their talk already.

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A Talkative to my own understanding is one who doesn't get tired of talking... They are always talking (Maybe they feel talking too much will take boredom away from their listeners). But who else gets bored of too much talk? Because I do a lot.

I don't know about you but I've had countless encounters with people who talk too much, most times so annoyingly that you want to punch them in the face but you can't because that is who they are.

What do you do when you are faced with such people? I'm yet to figure that out because while they get you annoyed for talking too much, they also make you feel like you're disrespecting them for not listening to what they say... Too bad, I don't want to be in for that.

You talk too much, I find an excuse to leave you immediately or I walk away... Depending on who the talkative is though.

One of the instances I have of a talkative friend I once had was a day I decided to call to check up on my friend who would always complain that I never call her. I always prefer texting or chatting to call but I decided to call her that day with the hope that we wouldn't talk for long.

I knew the kind of person she was but for some reasons I called her with such a hope... I pitied myself though.

Would you believe that we didn't only talk about how we were both doing in our different areas of life? She also talked about her five broken relationships, her dislike for eating one meat in her meal and even her last fight with her most recent boyfriend who was begging to have her back.

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The point is, I didn't say much on a phone call that lasted up to an hour with my friend. Yes, I know you'll ask why I didn't find a way to end the call... I actually did when she was still on the second boyfriend story 😂 but she called back.

Why did I pick up? I didn't but she kept calling... I was frustrated because I wanted to use my phone's network which won't function well if there was a call on it. I decided to pick up.

Did I tell her I was busy so she could call back later? I did that too 🤧 that girl just didn't give up, instead she played a mind game with me and was like "Merit, I think I'm depressed... No one to talk to" the soft hearted being like me fell for it and I stayed to listen until her airtime got finished 😂

You can imagine the relieve and sigh I gave when the call ended... There was no damn way I was ever going to call back, not with my precious time and airtime. I can count the number of times I talk to her on call, but we chatted more (At least, I could snub some and reply some 😂).

I also had another experience but I'll like to stop here and hopefully I'll share another experience of being with a talkative some time later.

So tell me, have you ever been with a talkative that you want to escape from or are you one of the few that can tolerate them?