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neilson_wheels
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05 May 2013, 5:56 am

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.....which makes it bloody annoying when the people talking DONT NOTICE this and keep talking about the dull stuff directly at me. It's not always a conversation between others, you see.... it might be just one person speaking at me CONSTANTLY about crap I definitely have no interest in. I can think of a couple friends of mine that do this frequently, and despite the huge amount of "dont care, not really paying attention" signals I must be giving off, they'll never notice it and will keep rambling.


I think you are lucky to have friends if this is how you treat them.



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05 May 2013, 6:48 am

If I'm not interested in a conversation I'll start talking about something else, sooner or later. Because I'll get distracted.



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05 May 2013, 11:59 am

I find I can take an interest in the conversation sometimes but the problem is I usually want more depth. Typical NTs will change the subject way before I'm ready to. The constant changing of subject is what makes things hard for me. I'm much better at one-on-one conversation than group conversation. I feel more engaged rather than like I'm constantly either fighting to get a word in at the right time or getting lost in my own tangential thought train in my head.

Oh. And I give up trying to pretend I care about damn sports.