Leaving boring conversations

I normally just find an excuse to leave, like go to the bathroom, get another drink, etc. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the best a small talk, so end up listening to garbage from others a lot.

My mother in law ... good grief ... cannot stop talking ! Fills silence with talk and continues to fill that talk with more tangential talk. I've now resorted to just blurting out "...just get to the point of the story please..." cause I just cant be bothered suffering the irrelevant side stories. :D
 
One of my old bosses at work would only talk to us plebs if there was no one more interesting/important in the room.

If that person arrived he would just stop mid sentance and walk away from us - no excuse me or anything. very weird. He was notorius for it. So much so when he finally got made redundant he came in to say goodbye - I was going the other way as he came in - so I blanked him :)

Happy days.
 
This thread reminds me of Rimmer from Red Dwarf about his mind-boggling conversations about 20th century telegraph poles, or his recount on the tabletop game of Risk.

Rimmer: I rolled two sixes, but here's the really exciting bit - I then rolloed a six and a two!

Lister: You realise that this isn't gripping me? I am totally "un-gripped" by your conversation!
 
Donnie Fisher said:
My mother in law ... good grief ... cannot stop talking ! Fills silence with talk and continues to fill that talk with more tangential talk. I've now resorted to just blurting out "...just get to the point of the story please..." cause I just cant be bothered suffering the irrelevant side stories. :D
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Sounds like my mother I've never known anyone able to make incessent conversation over nothing at all. Its extraordinary. When her and my uncle get going there doesn't need to be anyone else in the room because no-one else can get a word in.
 
I hold my hands in front of me and wiggle my thumb. When they ask what I'm doing I tell them I'm mashing the x button to skip to the interesting bit.
Or I ask them if they want to see some cat photos.
Or I start talking about the wee folk and how they keep stealing my spoons.
Generally people don't bother me much anymore.
 
Blackjack Davy said:
Sounds like my mother I've never known anyone able to make incessent conversation over nothing at all. Its extraordinary. When her and my uncle get going there doesn't need to be anyone else in the room because no-one else can get a word in.
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Are we related? I've noticed it more recently especially when the news / weather is on. The weather bulletin will start, she'll over talk it about what she thinks the weather will be and irrelevant assumptions of what I will be doing for the day, by the time she's realised I'm pulling a face suggest I want to listen to the presenter and not her ( cause the weather does matter to my day to day stuff at work and home ), the bulletin is finished ... soon followed by "So what did they say the weather was going to be ?" ..... aaaaahhhhhh !
 
If they’re talking about something I’m not interested in then I’ll just tell them.

Lost quite a few friends over the years and people at work think I’m rude but they’re only work colleagues, not really anyone important to me.

I’m also blunt and to the point when talking to someone so now unless it’s work related, people don’t approach me.
 
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