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-without trying to sell you something,get some kind of status in return,or wait until you pause and they can talk? Sometimes I just want someone to truly listen. No one does that much in our society anymore.
People that have a real interest in you and are not just "boomeranging" there own thoughts or viewing you strictly as an obstacle to expressing themselves.- People that will slow down from the crazy speed of this world to notice you. Those that can pull their heads out of the latest entertainment show,internet craze or celebrity scandal to spare you a little of their time and attention.what do you mean to truly listen? If directly injecting your thoughts into someone else is the absolute best, and ignoring you is with worst, where does truly listening sit in between those two?
My god, you explained it perfectly. That's just about how everyone is, even I do it. People throw their thoughts at you, generally not even caring if you are actually listening. I wish I could find someone that actually wanted to listen.. when I find the ones that say they want to hear from me, I generally they think are saying it out of politeness. My god how I hate politeness, it should die and let us all be brutally honest to each other. Things would be so much easier.People that have a real interest in you and are not just "boomeranging" there own thoughts or viewing you strictly as an obstacle to expressing themselves.- People that will slow down from the crazy speed of this world to notice you. Those that can pull their heads out of the latest entertainment show,internet craze or celebrity scandal to spare you a little of their time and attention.
I've noticed that too. You can tell the difference when people are really listening as opposed to only pretending to. The ones who really irritate me are those who love the sound of their own voice and expect you to hang on their every word ... and then switch off the minute you start talking. You know exactly what they're thinking: "Oh God, they're saying something. :roll When is it going to be my turn?!"-without trying to sell you something,get some kind of status in return,or wait until you pause and they can talk? Sometimes I just want someone to truly listen. No one does that much in our society anymore.
I've been told many times that i am a fantastic listener-without trying to sell you something,get some kind of status in return,or wait until you pause and they can talk? Sometimes I just want someone to truly listen. No one does that much in our society anymore.
I am glad I am not the only one to have this notion, I feel slightly less insane :bI'm fairly certain that I could strip naked, set myself on fire, and run down the street screaming and nobody would notice.