Like, you could literally say “I didn’t know you liked the color red.” And they could go off on a whole tangent for that ends in them talking about their trauma. No joke. For example, One time we were talking about something really easygoing, laughing and having a good convo, then the next thing you know, the conversation magically ended up being about their trauma. It’s gotten to the point where I really just don’t want to ask them anything at all, because I know I’m going to have to sit there for a long ass time just listening to endless stories. It’s not only that, but they are SHIT at storytelling. They will go on and on for hours about a 5 minute interaction, taking detours and giving a backstory that doesn’t matter. I genuinely don’t have the attention span for that, and I honestly find it very unthoughtful. First all, I would never talk that much because I understand that it’s overwhelming to the other person. Second of all, I make sure that when I’m telling stories, I only tell them the parts that matter. Sometimes they will talk for a whole 30 minutes, about a million different things, without giving me a second to think, or react, or talk. Because of this, I only end up processing like 10% of where they’re even saying because I can’t focus. I want to make it clear that I do care about this person, and I do love him. I care about what happens to them, I just wish they would tone it down a notch. They talk so much that it sounds like they’re literally on meth. It gives me so much sensory overload. I don’t know what to do honestly. I feel like if I say anything about it to them, they’ll get hurt. Should I just be accepting them for who they are? Would it be wrong of me to ask them to not talk so much? There’s really no good way to word any of this. :/ I’ve had friends like this before, And i ended up getting so fucking annoyed by them to where i couldn’t hang out with them anymore. I don’t know what to do.