Feeling obligated to listen to someone's story that you could care less about is a horrible feeling. I am not a good storyteller myself. Whenever I am listening to something I have no interest in I can handle it occasionally. A whole life story is not in my category. It makes me feel like I have time to do anything else. Hearing soemthing out of my interest makes my stomach hurt especially for a while. I could care less to hear for a couple of seconds. Speaking certain nerdy stuff into existence I can talk my heart out.
I agree with the horrible feeling of not wanting to listen to a story especially if the person seems so passionate about it.
I can honestly relate. I also always feel like the person is some what lying and then I really do not care. It is something I need to work on.