Dear Queenie,
How do you get people to talk about something else besides their physical and medical problems? I don’t talk about mine except to my doctor and I don’t want to hear about anyone else’s.
Queenie, how do you get them to talk about something else?—Conversation Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
When you have heard all you want to, say something like “I’m sorry to hear that” and change the subject to something you find more interesting. Then it will be their problem if they are not interested in what you are saying.
