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Why is it that well-meaning people fail to understand when people have issues, even emotional landmines, about certain subjects, and still keep banging on about them.

Are they simply clueless? Do they not listen? Or is it that they say things so they can hear themselves talk? What?

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[chaiya.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I spent years thinking that people wouldn't accept "I don't want to discuss this further" as a valid sentence.

A couple of years ago, I came across someone who said "Let's talk about something else!" in a joking manner, and people both laughed and changed the topic. I've been using that sentence ever since.

[meepodeekin.livejournal.com]

I had a friend in college who always said "I like ice cream! Chocolate is my favorite!" whenever a conversation became too awkward. It worked remarkably well.