Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

By the way you described it.
Question, are you mad because they keep talking or that they won't let you talk.

twowindsbear

There IS a very useful MUTE feature that the Zoom host can use. Try it next time, I think you'll like it.

Doc Barry Loc: Huntsville, Alabama USA

The reason why women have this instinctive knowledge about what each other are going to say is simple ... they have nothing new to say and just repeat it over and over and over ...

Now men on the other have have lots of new and important information to share with other men.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

Longwinded, but funny, AND true!

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

You have my empathy. I'm a woman, however, I tend to go by some words of wisdom I read many years ago that Ben Franklin said about talking too much. "Be silent, for whatever you have to say, you already know. Better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt." And, I gave up on a painting group because most of the women wanted the instructor to do their painting for them. They monopolized her time to the point where the serious among us just threw in the towel. Same experience with a computer class back in the early 1990s. The art of listening is really an ongoing class in learning. I can go the other way, too. My other half used to say that I could talk a starving dog off a meat truck when the situation warranted.

19dwayne39 Loc: Fort Worth, Texas

Great one! Must remember!! Also remember that women might not appreciate the humor, so use at own risk!!

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

There is a 'Self Help Group' for the habit.
It is called, "On & On & On Anon"

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

Oh holy k ... wrap! that one made me spray red wine all over my off-white walls!! BTW, I'm actually a female - not necessarily a lady, but definitely a female.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

To many conversations do not involve people actually responding to what the other person is saying, but are rather people merely waiting for their turn to talk. I have to say Jerry, you seemed to do pretty good at getting your thoughts out there, at least on this forum. I just checked and in original posts and responses combined you have 137,319. I don't know how many people have responded to you, but plenty. I'd guess. Your hedgehog brothers and sisters are listening to and talking with you. Here is a question to you. You mentioned a painting group. Is there a "facilitator" at the sessions who visits individuals at their "stations" help them with their work? What sort of art do you like working on. I don' t have much talent on my own, but certainly enjoy the things that I like and have art all over my house, a lot of wildlife, nature and mid century American water colors. I'm not much for abstract, but appreciate those who like that sort of thing. Feel free to share an example of your work sometime, or that of one your painting pals. While we can get rather snarky on this site about things like DSLR v Mirrorless or B&W v Color, I think we are pretty good at cutting people slack who are out there making an effort. I know that I am not painting and you are. Thanks.

stan miller

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dennis833 Loc: Australia

Epictetus — 'We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.'

kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA

Wow! Really! That's great! Nice. Beautiful! How did you do that? Amazing! That's interesting. Oh boy!
I love it! Yes! Well it was nice talking to you.

Yes, I enjoyed this conversation with you very much. We should get together again. You are a wonderful person to talk with. We discussed about so many different things. I learned so much from you.

Goooooood by

Smokin' Joe

All you need to know about women. The Crazy Hot Matrix. https://youtu.be/bbpGkrViOcE

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm okay in a one-on-one conversation, but when there's a group, I shut up and listen.

The painting group is all women and me. I was doing yoga in the library once a week, and the women kept after me to join their painting group. I have no talent whatsoever drawing or painting, and I told them as much. I eventually joined and began painting (oil paint). I wasn't fast, but it was nice and relaxing, and I got a kick our of listening to the women talk. I said I wasn't a fast painter. My last one took me over a year to finish. I say "finish" because I'm through working on it.

These are some I copied from pictures. The last one is a copy of a painting we bought in Wales in 1974.