when they tell me
i need to speak
to someone
is that because
they’d rather
not hear
or is it fear
that clears
them away
from listening
© 2025 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, December 2, 2025.
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Why, yes, they say the same to me. I ask 'Why?' They reply in one of two ways:
(a) Cos you're a crashing bore and I can't stand listening to you when you get waffling over your photo albums yet again' (lol)
or (b) Cos you only talk about a certain fella and Co - and if I hear glugging once more, I will........ (heehee).
Or (c): All of the damn above! hehehe! Let it glug, let it glug, let it...well...It technically works! 🤣
Oh no! That almost happened to me. A friend 'threatened' to get the photo albums out! lol.
Nooooooooooooo! [in slow motion as the reach and pull for the photo album happens!]
A good question and well stated. The set up is who asks you to speak. Well done Tristan
Why thank you, dear friend! Indeed! Glad it delivered and always appreciate your time and thoughts! 🪑🖤🙏🌫️
You are most welcome my friend
Yes, it's the palm off, and why guys don't share their problems.
21st century is a mental health nightmare that no one escapes from now, and I'm sure it's the barriers that prevent you moving forward, and the chancers on social media who live in cupboards but have opinions on everything.
Paul, I hear you…the 21st-century mental health mess, the noise, the quick dismissals. I’ve felt that same wall when you just want someone to listen. Thanks for sitting with the piece. 🪑🖤🙏🌫️
All in one, Tristan. they’d rather not hear because of the fear which clears them away from listening. They'd rather not change but stay within range of what they think they know.
You make yourself too malleable by those unavailable to new ideas.🙃😊
Dave, you name the whole truth here… the fear, the shutting down, the choosing of comfort over change. It’s why that question keeps echoing for me. Thank you for meeting the poem where it lives. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Question myself? Question existence? #?@$ that!
I know, right?!?! How dare anyone do that?!?!? 🤷♂️🤣 Thanks for getting it, my friend! Much appreciated! 🪑🖤🙏🌫️
Old McPopeye sings - here a glug, there a glug, everywhere a glug glug. Everywhere? Arghh! lol. I went to McPopeye's once - mistook it for McDonalds. It's Too Much Info to tell what happened. heehee. I should have spotted the sign saying: 'Under New Management; spinach a speciality'.
My friend Orchi… I’m crying over here. I swear the awful glugging was echoing in my ears before I even finished the line… and then that sign… ‘Under New Management; spinach a speciality’. There's not stopping him, is there? 🪑🖤🙏🌫️
LoL pass the buck, depends why they tell you to speak to someone, if they are refering to a shrink, I'm always available 🤣
Teddy, you made me laugh out loud… if they are referring to a shrink, I'm always available 🤣. Yup, pass the buck. I’m all for therapy…much needed in this world...but I think we’ve lost something when friends and family tap out instead of leaning in. We need both. Thanks for seeing through to the heart of it, as always, my dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
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