Dear Abby: Longtime Friend Now Hijacks Conversations and Won’t Stop Talking

Dear Abby: Friend won’t let others get a word in edgewise. How can we keep her from non-stop talking?

She's always been a storyteller. But as she's aged it's getting worse.

Dear Abby: Longtime friend now hijacks conversations and won’t stop talking

DEAR ABBY: How do you handle a friend who never stops talking? My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation when we get together. She’s oblivious to verbal or body cues that the rest of us are done with the “conversation” she has chosen and would like to move on. If someone is able to get a word in edgewise, she immediately returns to the previous subject.

Dear Abby: I’m at my wit’s end with a friend who dominates every conversation we have

How do we get her to take a hint and shut up?

Drowned out by a chatterbox: when a friend won’t stop talking

DEAR ABBY: How do you handle a friend who never stops talking? My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation when we get together. She's oblivious to verbal or body…