Quiet!

Is it just me or does anybody else just want to shout, Shut up'! I'm staying at my mum's for the night, so say, for a bit of peace and quiet but she just talks and talks.... I'm not having the best times at the moment and all I want is quiet and to shout, ' shut up'! I am the sort of person that likes peace and quiet anyway and I thought coming to my mum's she might understand but she doesn't, is it just me or do others feel liķe this? I feel really awful and disrespectful but I just want some quiet to get my thoughts together but it seems at the moment I don't have anywhere I can go to do this. I'm beginning to understand people that want to go 'off grid'.

  • I know, right? why did I come here? just to be somewhere different maybe away from what's happening? I don't know maybe I just thought she'd respect my need for quiet? But I'm selfish and didn't account for the fact she's old and lonely. Makes me realise you can't run away..

  • There you go, just wear some noise cancelling headphones while your mums chatting away and all will be resolved RoflRofl I am joking (just in case anyone thought I was being serious). On a serious note though I totally understand what you mean about the frustration of trying to get some quiet time while all someone else wants to do is talk, a lot! I like a lot ‘daydreaming’ time which needs to be quiet otherwise I can’t focus my thoughts. My husband has a habit of talking far too much for so long that by the time he eventually finishes I’ve usually completely zoned out and have no clue what he’s been saying. Hence me not being aware of many things that he says he’s told me. He also has a really bad habit of saying “right I’ll get to the point” but then half an hour of him talking later, he still hasn’t got to the point! Oh and he starts bombarding me with information or asking me important questions at times when I really can’t be dealing with it like when I’ve just woken up or when I’ve just walked in the front door or when I’m trying to concentrate on something! Is your mum still talking? How come you went to your mums for peace and quiet?

  • Thank you, I feel really awful because I know she doesn't get out much, but all I want at the moment is quiet and to be somewhere else.

    Although I don't think she'd accept noise cancelling headphones as much as I'd like to use them.

  • Yep that’s me too 100%!

    Thank goodness for noise cancelling headphones.