Chatter Box

I often get the feeling I talk too much.

When I'm in a talkative mood I tend to be a complete chatterbox with the inability to shut up and my filter system is very low.  Thus, I often make a fool out of myself or say confusing, roundabout things.  And yet I continue to say things in the same manner, but don't realize until after I've said it that I may have screwed myself over - filter system.
Luckily, I usually don't talk your ear off if I haven't known you that long.  So by the time you know me and won't think I'm a complete idiot as soon as I say something idiotic and rambling, my filter system shuts down and I talk your ear off.  Sometimes I feel sorry for my friends, and yet they continue to stick with me.

Do you ever get the feeling you're bothering someone when you're doing a lot of talking and they're either not talking at all or barely holding up their end of the conversation?  You tend to feel worse especially if they are your friend, if you're doing all the talking in a conversation with an acquaintance, well what do you expect?  But if you're talking with a good friend and they're not talking back....
 I try and apply my talkative tendencies to writing, but somehow I lose steam faster than when I'm actually talking.  I think it has to do with staying on subject.  When I'm talking a mile a minute I'll jump from topic to topic with barely a segue.  Yet when I'm writing, I at least attempt to focus on the subject at hand.
Hm, I should maybe work on that.

Happy Labor Day weekend,
Dee