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How can I stop myself from finishing other peoples sentences?

S

Sluggo

Lifer
I have never claimed to be the most patient person to ever grace the face of the Earth, but I just cant help myself.

I know its rude, but I just can never stop doing it, no matter how hard I think to myself not to do it.
 


<< just punch yourself in the junk everytime you do it. that will make you stop fast. >>


Continually punching yourself in the nads at social gatherings might be more socially unacceptable than fihishing other peoples sentences.
 
Anyway what do you mean? Do you interject and rush the person to a conclusion or do you do what my mom does - something amazing in fact - which is literally predict the word you're about to say and the SPLIT second I start saying it she is right there finishing it as well? I've tried to mimic and and I can't. it's like she has a super-natural ability at repeating the last word in anybody's sentence the instant the word begins coming out of their mouth.
 


<< Anyway what do you mean? Do you interject and rush the person to a conclusion or do you do what my mom does - something amazing in fact - which is literally predict the word you're about to say and the SPLIT second I start saying it she is right there finishing it as well? I've tried to mimic and and I can't. it's like she has a super-natural ability at repeating the last word in anybody's sentence the instant the word begins coming out of their mouth. >>


hahaha 🙂
 
I do not think it's terribly rude. Sometimes, it gives an indication that you are paying attention to the person's conversation, which is nicer than say a blank stare.
 


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<< just punch yourself in the junk everytime you do it. that will make you stop fast. >>


Continually punching yourself in the nads at social gatherings might be more socially unacceptable than fihishing other peoples sentences. >>


yeah but unless you were really warped, you would only have to do it once to stop. i know i would.
 
Just concentrate on not opening your mouth. Pretend that opening your mouth will bring on instant execution or something.

You could also try giving the person you interrupted a quarter every time it happens. One of two things will happen, you'll go broke or you'll stop finishing others' sentences. 😉

Sometimes finishing another's sentence is not a bad thing. For example, if you're brainstotming with someone and you're really clicking, you might finish each other's thoughts. But if it's done so that you feel you're being rude, you should make a concentrated effort to stop, or at least apologize for your actions. 🙂
 


<< Anyway what do you mean? Do you interject and rush the person to a conclusion or do you do what my mom does - something amazing in fact - which is literally predict the word you're about to say and the SPLIT second I start saying it she is right there finishing it as well? I've tried to mimic and and I can't. it's like she has a super-natural ability at repeating the last word in anybody's sentence the instant the word begins coming out of their mouth. >>



Its more like what your Mom does. I know the word or phrase they are struggling with, and I just blurt it out. I dont finish the whole sentence, I just pop out the word/phrase they are having trouble coming up with.
 
It's all in your mindset and how you view the conversation. You can stop but it can be hard

There's this guy at work who converses in such a way (kinda stonerish) that all the management people...or the high energy/stressed people.... always and I mean always rush him through the sentence and try to guess how he will finish it. I used to be one of those people... but I fought it off. i would catch myself doing it and stop and apologize to him and in that way vocalize the fact that it was disrespectful and make us both aware of it, then patiently wait for him to finish. After a while I learned to jsut adjust my listening to his pace of conversation so I gear down a little and we converse fine.

Maybe you're just moving at a different rate than the people you're talking to. In order to have a conversation and exchange info well you both need to be moving at the same speed.
 


<< I know the word or phrase they are struggling with, and I just blurt it out. I dont finish the whole sentence, I just pop out the word/phrase they are having trouble coming up with. >>


That doesn't sound rude to me, unless the person you did it to took offense or you do it to excess?
 


<< There's this guy at work who converses in such a way (kinda stonerish) that all the management people...or the high energy/stressed people.... always and I mean always rush him through the sentence and try to guess how he will finish it. I used to be one of those people... but I fought it off. i would catch myself doing it and stop and apologize to him and in that way vocalize the fact that it was disrespectful and make us both aware of it, then patiently wait for him to finish. After a while I learned to jsut adjust my listening to his pace of conversation so I gear down a little and we converse fine. >>

So basically this retard is really slow at conversations and you're one of the only people who has the patience to wait while his 80 IQ forms sentences?
 


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<< I know the word or phrase they are struggling with, and I just blurt it out. I dont finish the whole sentence, I just pop out the word/phrase they are having trouble coming up with. >>


That doesn't sound rude to me, unless the person you did it to took offense or you do it to excess? >>



I probably do it to excess, I might do it 2-3 times during a paragraph that a person is speaking.

Unless of course it is my wife, then I have to do it every few words because she is wrong, or telling the story improperly. 😛
 


<< So basically this retard is really slow at conversations and you're one of the only people who has the patience to wait while his 80 IQ forms sentences? >>



Geez Skoorb, when you put it like I don't feel half as proud of myself 😉

He's tech support... he doesn't have to be smart.
 
Everytime you feel the urge to finish the sentence, take a sip of beer. You will be to drunk to worry about it no time.

It sounds like your life has become too predictable, better hop the next plane to Vegas.
 
Hook up electrodes to your testicles. Hand a switch over to the person you are conversing with. If you interrupt ZAP. This should modify your behavior in short order.
 
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