Andiamo
Well-Known Member
Anyone have any tips on how to get people to shut up, when you are there to spend quality time with your horses? I (and all of us) invest a lot of time and energy into our horses, and we make many sacrifices to have them. I find when I am at the yard, selfish OCD nonstop talkers continually get in my face to talk nonstop about their 12 lame horses, without giving one toss about my horses, or me. They are simply mouthpieces that will go on for hours - to the polite person who doesn't have balls to tell them to go away. Yesterday, after being in hospital for some days, I arrived at the yard to spend time with my horses, and one person talked non-stop for 1.5 hours about her 12 rescue horses who are all lame or buck her off. She's about 22 stone, which might have something to do with the lameness and bucking, and all the horses are below 15hh. I only wanted to spend time with my horses, I did not want to listen to her self indulgent, whining as she followed me around everywhere I went, not stopping her incessant talking for one moment.
At no point, did she ask anything about me, and she did not even acknowledge my horses' existence. She doesn't know their names, or their ages, or anything about them, she had no interest in them whatsoever, and only wanted someone to whinge to and tell her life story to. It ruined my day at the yard, it was a day I had looked forward to, after being in hospital, I looked forward to seeing my horses again, but it was ruined by this person. I am polite, so it does not come naturally how to deal with this selfish OCD talking. How can I stop it before it starts, and get people to back off? I am there for my horses, not to listen to endless hours of nonstop drivel by people who do not give one toss about me or my horses.
Advice appreciated.
At no point, did she ask anything about me, and she did not even acknowledge my horses' existence. She doesn't know their names, or their ages, or anything about them, she had no interest in them whatsoever, and only wanted someone to whinge to and tell her life story to. It ruined my day at the yard, it was a day I had looked forward to, after being in hospital, I looked forward to seeing my horses again, but it was ruined by this person. I am polite, so it does not come naturally how to deal with this selfish OCD talking. How can I stop it before it starts, and get people to back off? I am there for my horses, not to listen to endless hours of nonstop drivel by people who do not give one toss about me or my horses.
Advice appreciated.