I always listen. I like listening to people and their stories. I get to know them better, get new information from them, and get to exercise myself emotionally. The problem here is that I listen too much that I don't know how to actually start a conversation, so I started to open up a bit. This would've been a smooth sailing experience for me, but life wasn't on my side on this and decided that if I'm gonna speak, I get cut off EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I couldn't go through one conversation without being cut off and not completing what I was gonna say or about to continue but forgot what I was gonna say. Instead of fighting to complete the story or continue the conversation, I just end it then and there because I don't feel like they want to listen to me anyway. Just today, I was cut off a lot of times. This is the first time in a week that I get to speak about something and feel good about it, and they ruined it. One in particular just wanted to make me go "If you're so bothered by me telling you things I found relevant to the issue now, why don't you just say it to my face!" For the first time in the history I was cut off, I said in a conversation "*plz wait 4 me 2 finish*" and then I sent the "😅" emoji to say that I'm asking for a few minutes or seconds to just complete what I am saying then he/she can have his turn in a light, friendly manner. Of course, he/she respected that and apologized, but he kept apologizing, that kinda gave me the impression that he was sarcastic about it. The atmosphere was more tense than a few seconds ago. He/She seemed more hostile. It was like he/she was trying to imply that he/she should be listened to and all I should do was listen to him/her. I felt guilty, so I changed the subject, and blamed the lousy internet the government has bestowed upon the country. I know this issue isn't that big compared to other issues, but, honestly, writing here, on tumblr, is the only place where I speak out a lot, even if I rarely post here. If you made it this far in the post, hear me out when I say... Thanks for listening(basically reading) this post :)