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mid-sentence alert ideas Can we talk about mid-sentence alert accommodation ideas that we could ask in our relationships and workplaces? Let's talk about them. I have two ideas to share. By mid-sentence alert, I mean any kind of *quick* signal to express "I'm in the middle of a sentence. I want to finish so let me." Two ideas I have is I could just say "mid-sentence!" or I could tap my chest. And I let people know that they are my mid-sentence alerts. You may think why not just say "let me finish"? That is an option but it doesn't always work for me because my blocks can get really long so it's like "my name..............let me finish.......let me finish...... let me finish....." which I think sounds rude to some people, especially when they are not interrupting. So I prefer something like "my name........mid-sentence!.........(taping my chest)........(tapping my chest)....." which is weird at first, but not weird if people I'm talking to know that's my mid-sentence signals. And I feel like there are situations where saying "let me finish" to interruption isn't effective or specific enough. Like this for example me: "what....... are.... you...." "I'm not a what! I'm a person! I'm a who!" me: "Let me finish! I was..... going to say...... what are you-" "What do you mean let me finish? That's a full sentence!" me: "what are you doing! is what I was going to say." "Why didn't you say it like that the first time?" ​