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I was on vacation last week and today at lunch a colleague asked me if I did anything interesting. My husband and I are planning to build a house and are beginning the research, and last weekend we saw a model home that we absolutely loved. I was telling about it and describing our plans when another colleague walked in, and it just so happens that this woman is in the process of adopting a baby. As soon as she walked in, the woman who had asked me about my week stopped listening to my response and asked this woman about her pending adoption. I felt like what I was saying was meaningless to her, and she was just listening until a better, more interesting topic (babies) came along.

Does anyone else sometimes feel invisible? That some people don't give a hoot about what you say and aren't interested in you because you don't have kids? I think it is so rude to ask someone a question and then not listen to the answer. And I wasn't even going on and on about it. I don't think I had said enough to completely bore her - I guess she just wasn't interested.

Some people just don't have any social skills. She was rude. She probably has no idea how she made you feel.

I understand how much u feel.
My sister tells me the same always.I tell her to speak louder and make her presence felt.somehow she says nothn has worked.
Perhapos u do have gud friends but my sister has none.I really dono why.She cares abt others,listens to their problems.I cant imagine why there is not a friend who cares to remember her bday or help her in her problems.
What do u think?
engee

The people I'm closest to are family members, but I have a couple of good friends at work. One colleague looked at house pictures with me today and was very interested and told me about her friend's new house. I guess I am just a bit too sensitive about the baby conversation thing. I agree with you, Moe. She was rude and probably doesn't realize the effect of her behavior.