My pal, 87, has begun repeating his stories. Should I tell/stop him en route, or politely suffer through it in silence?

My pal, 87, has begun repeating his stories. Should I tell/stop him en route, or politely suffer through it in silence? Asked by Plug 5 days ago Similar questions: pal 87 begun repeating stories stop en route politely suffer silence Politics & Law > War.

Similar questions: pal 87 begun repeating stories stop en route politely suffer silence.

He is 87. If he was really a friend, you would listen, and pretend you have never heard the story before. Neither of the options you suggest are the right thing to do.

That's up to you. Is silence better than a repeated story? Because we only come with so many stories.

Well, it's a sticky situation. Hearing it once or twice wouldn't hurt you to keep the friendship, but come the 12th time it's annoying. I know a person who is more of an acquaintance than a friend that, in every conversation, every time I see her, tells me that her father was in the IRA, like that's a badge of honor.

She's in her late 60s, early 70s and it's not mental deficiency. I started to avoid her company because she's not particularly rewarding to be with. If he's a good friend, suffer through it or start asking questions to evoke different details than he has told before.

That will make it different.

Thanks. Your answer is sensible and workable. Plug 5 days ago .

Suffer if you must. Enjoy it if you can. .. .85 and counting.

.. . Or did I say that before?

No, it is not the 'kindest, an act of true friendship' .

Be patient, be tolerant, someday that may be you. How would you want people to react?

You nailed my fears precisely. But as to how I would react if it were me, right now I feel I would like my friend to stop me, to say hey, you keep telling me that story, you must be losing it, why don't you get a check-up? Thanks for your input.

Plug 5 days ago .

All old people may repeat stories when they don't have much else to say. If they are only talking to old people that may not notice that would be ok. You may hear more information the second time.

Just tell him he already told you it...but then what would you talk about? Just be kind.

If Jesus were to walk up to you and ask you politely to sing ....

Looking for short civil war poem..."in '61, the war begun, in '62... etc.

Has anyone been "labeled" as a idiot to put politely by their last employer.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.