Do you ever get the feeling ILXors are like those people who will talk over each other like Blossom's Six and her mom?

I used to be better at having these kinds of simultaneous-monologue conversations but other people thought it was annoying to be around so I think I learned to stop

They bring the headaches, but sometimes it is the only way things can happen when four very excitable and excited people are together. (I am excitable.)

Sure. Like many ILXors, I grew up on the East Coast, where we do that.

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i can not deal w/this style of conversation

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I hate to admit it, but I would probably fare better in a world where the conversation style involved, like, one person saying something, and then the other person getting a 20-second timer to sit silently and put together a really good response

I had a friend in high school who kind of did that, actually -- you'd ask him a question and he'd just stare at you for a long beat before answering. Sometimes people thought it meant he was weird or dense, but really the only strange thing he was not doing was saying "ummmm" in the meantime to indicate that he was working on it. He just started straight at you as if he hadn't even heard, and then ... "yes, I would like fries with that."

My mom recently accused my 2 sisters and I of being able to carry on 6 conversations between us.

haha, in the early years of our relationship my wife had to learn that my silences didn't mean I was mad at her. xpost

I sometimes do that waiting before talking thing. It can be kinda devastating. But it can also make you seem like you're a bit hung over.

Sure. Like many ILXors, I grew up on the East Coast, where we do that.

I'm from the south and the friends I usually wind up talking like this with are from the rural midwest

The problem is conversations where if you wait, even a second, the other person will start talking again on your behalf

(You can get into an awful loop, too, where you're like "OMG I get to talk, this is gonna be my one comment for the next hour so it had better be really-- crap, she started talking again while I was thinking about it")

ian mackaye does this, the long pause. i always thought of it as intense thinking, and tried to emulate him, but i can't stop my mouth

OCD+ADHD=ILX

OCD + ADHD = DAD CHOD

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