People who ramble on the phone

[Grandma Helen]

What do you do with people who are family or friends who call and talk incessantly?  Do you try to duck their calls?

[Lilrain]

I lie and say I have to go somewhere and there is one person that calls; hardly says anything and there's a long awkward silence. I can't stand that. Like, if you don't have anything to say, why'd you call? So yeah, I duck those calls now.

[Syble]

I always take the calls but find an excuse to hang up when I need to.

[Steven Robkoff]

I love speaking on the phone. When I speak with my ex we usually talk for about an hour. Talking with my daughter is about a half hour. I speak with my best friend,still in N.Y.,for about an hour. All these are about once a month. Anyone else takes 15-20 minutes. 

[Syble]

I don't mind talking for an hour or so if the other person is truly having a conversation with me.  

[Marcia Rawlyk]

I don't like talking on the phone but I will talk to a few people. There was one old gentleman that I knew from work who would call and ramble on and on. Sometimes I would just let him talk to  the machine. But I would feel guilty because he is old. I did the same as other people and made up excuses about having to hang up when he called.

[Patricia]

Doesn't really happen to me but my husband's sister can do that, and she doesn't listen so my husband will put the phone down, take a bathroom break come back and she is still rambling on, none the wiser.