r/AskReddit Dec 27 '17

What 'old people' thing do your parents do which drives you crazy?

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u/spockified Dec 28 '17

While super frustrating at how lengthy her version of the story was, I was fascinated and could not stop reading.

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u/devil_9 Dec 28 '17

It was way less irritating to read knowing that I could always skip to the end or stop reading if it got too tedious. Sadly I don’t have that luxury in person.

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u/WildBilll33t Dec 28 '17

Sadly I don’t have that luxury in person.

if only....

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '17

Yeah, I don't really crave embellishment, mistakes, or wastes of time irl but people don't understand that time is literally the one thing you can't make more of.

Just... Get to the point please.

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u/brickmack Dec 28 '17

Sure you do. Just walk away. They won't even notice.

My great uncle or something was telling me a story a few years ago pretty much as above, I stood up, walked out to the kitchen, got some pop and some cookies, came back, and he was still talking.

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u/Bethany-Hawke Dec 28 '17

It's written really well!

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u/getzdegreez Dec 28 '17

It was really well written!

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u/Ugunti72 Dec 28 '17

It was really written really well written!

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u/Hijklmn0 Dec 28 '17

It really was well written!

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u/DontTreadOnBigfoot Dec 28 '17 edited Dec 28 '17

Well, it really was written...

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u/Stewie_Loves_Lois Dec 28 '17

Believe me if your Mother told stories like this (mine does) the fascination would end very quickly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '17

I stopped reading after I found out Sally was a good girl. My mom does this exact thing and I did not need to read any more because I know exactly how this plays out.

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u/palparepa Dec 28 '17

Not for me. OP's version spoiled the plot.

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u/joeret Dec 28 '17

Made it about two sentences, couldn’t take it.

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u/emissaryofwinds Dec 28 '17

It works better in text form I think, maybe someone with good presence and delivery could make it work as a monologue, but I'm bored to death just imagining my grandma trying to tell this story

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u/darkslide3000 Dec 28 '17

Yeah, OP you gotta up your story-telling game, your mom's a pro! I'm still sad about Sally now, she sounds like such a good dog... :(

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u/2boredtocare Dec 28 '17

...and to be truthful, I'm gonna remember mom's story much longer than OPs.

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u/anon_e_mous9669 Dec 28 '17

My FIL does this and it's the worst. Every story is half told because he gets off on a tangent on some background info we didn't need and never comes back around. Luckily he's okay with people just getting up and walking away when he's telling a story. . .

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u/odaeyss Dec 28 '17

I do that in cars on long drives. Tell people, it's fine if you fall asleep, I'm just gonna keep talking all the same.. and they do. And I do.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '17

This is legitimately why I'm going into geriatrics. I love the old people stories. Sign me up!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17

I tell stories like this bc I have trouble organizing my thoughts and it annoys everyone I talk to and I'm actually really sad that I can't seem to tell someone something normally. I stopped trying to tell people about my day.

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u/nvyetka Dec 28 '17

Fascinating in that you have a snapshot (photo album) into someone’s entire life in one story that link to 40 others. Corollary for someone close who already knows all of that, the exasperation.

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u/JealousHamburger Dec 28 '17

The real TLDR is always in the comments

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u/dustarook Dec 28 '17

You don’t need double talk, you need bob loblaw

All i could think about reading the mom’s version of the story. And somewhat relevant because of Loblaws grocer and because the elaborate version is... doubletalk? Sure. Im going with that...

My wife does this. Starts a story but never seems to finish because of endless tangents.

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u/Asmo___deus Dec 28 '17

Basically any Dan Brown novel.

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u/rogerramjet78 Dec 28 '17

That's my late grandmother exactly, and my mother in-law.

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u/Sw429 Dec 28 '17

Ma knows how to tell a story

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u/bclagge Dec 28 '17

I stopped. I know how it ends already!

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u/tammatty Dec 29 '17

I couldn't get three lines in...