The late Toby Keith had a famous song entitled I Want to Talk About Me. The lyrics, “What I like, what I want, what I see,” capture the essence of the me monster. Welcome to the world of the me monsters.

A me monster is a person who obsessively talks about themselves for hours at a time, uninhibited, often without regard for input from others. If you know three people, one will be a me monster, maybe two. This raises the following questions: What creates them? How do you know if you are a me monster?

In conversation, how can you tell if you are being disrespected? And finally, how can we deal with me monsters without hurting their feelings?