Why do people try and finish your sentences !

I’m guilty of that. Part of it is my impatience with a slow talker, also I’m sincerely trying to help ‘em find the word they’re looking for. I know it can be frustrating, but I can scarcely help it!

Maybe they are severely impatient? They just don’t have time for you to finish what you are saying, so they do it for you.

Probably not the most polite people do that…

This is a huge pet peeve for me. The only way to defeat it is by raising your voice while you talk through their interruption. I find it to be extremely rude.

Some do it to try to ‘connect’ with you, or show they understand what you mean. They could just say, “I totally know what you mean”, but maybe they are also impatient as well. Either way, I don’t think they are doing it to be annoying.

My girlfriend does it all the time. What really pisses me off is, she’s always right. I don’t get how she knows for sure what I am thinking all the time. Drives me nuts.

@pdworkin My wife is the opposite – Almost always wrong! lol

Insecurity.

@scotsbloke That’s much more tolerable.

Maybe you are talking to slowly for them. Or, maybe they want to hurry your point so they can respond, or make their point before they forget it. At least if they are finishing your sentence, although rude, it does mean tey are listening to you and participating in the conversation.

More importantly, how did you put an exclamation mark at the end of your question !

As annoying as it can be, I think it comes from good intentions. They’re attempting to get the other person over a little verbal hump. They tend to see conversation more in terms of a community effort than as give and take. It’s a boundary recognition problem, a failure to let yours be yours and mine be mine.

because theyre annnoying!

Impaitence.

I have one friend that I do this with. And usually it is only when she’s struggling for the right word. I get it right almost every time. We’re good enough friends that if she wanted me to stop, she’d let me know.

It doesn’t bother me. I barely finish my own sentences sometimes. I have only been on Fluther for a few days and it has happened once since I have been here. It undoubtedly will happen again.

When someone tries, I just take the conversation in an entirely different direction….

Some of it is cultural. New Yorkers are more likely to talk over each other, where southerners are very offended by this behavior.

I work with a lady that does this all the time. I like her but I try to stay away from her. It is really annoying.

I do that and I dont know why I guess maybe im trying to help when they are having trouble with it

I work with a lady that does this. Its very annoying. I think for her its a cultural thing. She’s Japanese but tries like crazy to be more American. So she copies people a lot and tries to mimic to be more American. Thats just my thought. I just stop what I’m saying, and look at her. Then she stops doing it.