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We all know someone where the conversation is heavily lopsided, right? You can't get a word in if you paid for it. They just blab and blab and blab. Blah blah blah blah... UGH! Wait, have you ever stopped to think that may be you?

Psychology Today has 5 indications you may be the blabbermouth.... here they are:

1) People tell you that you talk too much. There it is...
they're honest and you should be embarrassed.

2) In a phone conversation, you notice absolute silence. No "uh huh," or "yeah," in a while. That means they may have gone off to the bathroom...

3) When people say to you that it's not a good time to talk, you respond with "just let me tell you this one thing and then I'll let you go..."

4) When you think about a conversation later, you recall what you said -- but not the response.

5) You only get along with people that are unusually quiet. Talkative types make you angry.


Some remedies:

Stop and ask your conversation partner, "What do you think?"

Aim to talk less than 50% of the time in any conversation

Write a journal. Blogging may help you organize your thoughts.

More tips here