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[quote=Anonymous]Can you put her on speaker, and then just do something else while she talks, and put in the occasional "um, hm" and "That's really rough." ? The only good thing about a tirade is that a substantive response is not generally required. My mom is not abusive, but does tell extremely long stories about medical stuff (crazy levels of detail, like the name of the receptionist, how long she's worked there, where the receptionist's kids go to school, etc.) and I just put earbuds in and clean the kitchen or whatever while she talks. Every once in a while I have to ask her to back up and repeat something because there is actually important information conveyed.[/quote]
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