People's communication skills are going downhill the world over.

Should you decide to give them another chance, maybe nudge them in the right direction by trying things like the following:

• call them out when you notice they're not listening ("hey, are you listening?") and if it seems to be chronic maybe express some concern ("are you okay? because it seems like you're having trouble hearing me out right now")

• call them out when they offer unsolicited advice, remind them you haven't requested any. if they haven't even heard the relevant information yet, maybe request they save their comments until they've heard the whole story.

• definitely call them out on changing the subject. that is hella annoying. ask why they are doing it; if there is a reason it might be much better to get it out in the open, and the other possibility is they're not doing it entirely consciously. distracted by racing thoughts and such. you might be helping them out by calling attention to it.

just my 2 cents or so ..of unsolicited advice!

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