Boyfriend tries to tell a story but keeps being interrupted by his girlfriend and he cannot take it anymore: ‘I couldn’t get through the story cause she kept interrupting and talking over me, she did it five times.’

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María Cetra • Writer
Jun 17, 2026 7:15 PM EDT

Have you ever tried to tell a story and felt like nobody was paying you attention? Like they didn't care at all, well, you're not alone!

You are with a group of friends and start talking about your day when, all of a sudden, they start talking over you, and they completely forget you were talking in the first place. That, my friend, is awful, but the good thing is we all have been there. This doesn't mean your friends hate you. It may even be possible that your story is actually interesting, but it may just be the fact that you're awful at telling it.

When we are in this situation, we have two main ideas going through our mind: do I continue telling the story? Or do I stay quiet and forget it? If you choose the first one, you may encounter another interruption that will either make you insanely furious, as the person in this Reddit story, or you will just ignore it.

I don't think people who do this are bad, I believe that they just don't care and have an awful way of responding to it. Instead of listening and pretending they do care, they just avoid engaging in the conversation by talking over you –it seems very childish if you ask me. Maybe as a society we should be more forward about our feelings and express them, respond to the interruption, and say out loud how annoying that is. We always keep everything inside of us, hoping someone notices it, but the truth is we should just express ourselves, call out the person who is disregarding our stories, stand up for ourselves, and interrupt the interrupter.


We should stop being so childish, saying things like I don't want to tell the story anymore and just say please, I'm talking. Stop expecting people to defend you, have a voice, express that you want to talk without being interrupted for two seconds, or simply don't tell the story at all and save it for someone who will actually care –or at least be kind enough not to interrupt. 

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    Picture of what could be a person telling a story to his friends
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    Picture of what could be a person telling a story to his friends 

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    I was telling my wife something funny that happened but I couldn't get through the story cause she kept interrupting and talking over me, she did it five times. I'm not exaggerating. Five times. I kept count. Eventually I just lost the mood to finish my story the momentum was gone I wasn't feeling it. I said to her why don't you just tell me what you
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    have to say since it's more important. She apologised and kept apologising but I said I don't want to finish the story anymore even though she begged and apologised but I refused. She got teary and quiet after that I could tell she felt bad but my mood was ruined and I wasn't in the mood to tell the funny thing anymore. Was I an a hole?
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    Models showcasing a conversation between two women 

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    Suitable_cataclysm Info: what kind of interruption? Asking for deeper details about the story so she could better understand what was going on? Or interrupting with unrelated things? "Joe came into the room with a fish and--" "Joe from accounting or Joe maintenance guy?"
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    Is very different than: "Joe came into the room with a fish and--" "do you know where my shoes are?"
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    SlinkyMalinky20 What kind of interruption? Was it active listening and enthusiasm about the story or was she talking about herself/something else?
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    BellaBreezeXO this is one of those small things that snowball like it's not about the story anymore it's about feeling heard imo
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    Expert-Bullfrog-6622 I just quit talking, also. Usually I won't say anything because I want to see how long it takes the other person to realize I stopped. It's kind of a game to figure out who is self absorbed and who momentarily lost situational awareness
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    BeeFree66 You're NTA. I've had the same thing happen and yes, storytime for me was over. Like you said, the mood was ruined. I had no enthusiasm to bother with the rest of my story, same as your situation.
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    Your wife can feel as bad as she wants; she brought on this reaction with her behavior. I hope she doesn't make a habit of this.
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    YamNo890 NTA lol I cut it off at twice. Can't stand being interrupted. Especially when the person interrupting then pretends to be really interested after I show frustration. Don't act like you care now, after cutting me off MORE THAN ONCE. Can't stand people who talk when others are speaking.
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    faerie W15B NTA. Personally I wouldn't have lasted five interruptions, two max would either derail my train of thought or would put me off sharing entirely. It's deeply annoying and inconsiderate.
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    Representation of a man and a woman talking
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    Representation of a man and a woman talking

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