Background
I am quite a forgetful person and will frequently tell the same story, or make the same statement, more than once.
This usually occurs when I will see or hear something and that will trigger me to say whatever it is that I am thinking.
An example of this might be:
Me: *Sees football stadium*
Me: [My favourite team's name] won their game last week.
Friend: I know; you've told me.Or
Me: *Sees advert for a product*
Me: I bought one of those products.
Friend: I know; you've told me.
Almost everytime I am in that situation, I am reminded that I have already stated that fact.
(At the time of writing I am struggling with thinking of any good examples to use. What sparked the conception of this question was a pair of gloves I found that I thought I had lost and I told my girlfriend and she stated I had already told her that I had found them. She then proceeded to tell me I was obsessed etc - implying she wasn't angry at me restating).
Question
How would I go about keeping the conversation on the topic of whatever it is that I have just brought up?
Generally, I will mention said topic as it is something I want to talk about, but being told that I have brought it up already. It is more than likely that if I have brought up the said topic before and forgotten then evidently the conversation was not kept on that topic. This could either be because the listener had no interest in the topic (and still doesn't) or because the topic was changed by some other medium.
That one-liner ("You've already told me") tends to just shut me up and I feel some sort of awkwardness to say something again as I feel as though the listener is not that interested in either talking to me or talking to me about topics of my interest.
Aside
Perhaps I am just worrying about nothing, but this is a situation I encounter frequently.
Often I will tend to not saying anything at all to avoid this.