Dear Prudence,
I met a woman in a group therapy setting years ago, and we became friendly during that time. We have now been “friends” for about five to six years. We were speaking on the phone and the topic of being interrupted came up. She doesn’t seem to get bothered when people interrupt her and that’s cool. I shared that it sometimes bothers me when someone interrupts me, but it’s all situational. Not two minutes later, I was trying to speak on something and she interrupted me about five times, until I just gave up on trying to talk. This was a few days ago and now I am avoiding talking to her because her interrupting me came across as very intentional. After this, I don’t feel I would be truly heard if I brought it up.
—Girl, Interrupted