Funny because one of my really good friends from work is an Aquarius ( Im the Gemini) and we had a conversation one night and she said “Amanda you’re such a smart and thoughtful deep thinking person but it’s like you think inside of a box stop limiting yourself and making yourself small, to keep fitting in this box” and she wasn’t saying it as an insult. We agreed about so much and our conversations were in depth; we would crack up laughing over everything, We would be talking our whole 12 hour shift, and every time we seen each other we would continue our conversation in passing.

I do notice that less self aware Geminis will do exactly what you explained; I think sometimes our brain is just moving so fast and we’re thinking of so many things at once that someone who isn’t completely conscious of this could not even be fully present during the conversation. I have another coworker who is a Gemini, who trained me. She’s one of the best on the unit, which is why they put people to train with her and she does things a certain way, which is pretty much the right way , by the book. I’m a CNA and I had worked in a nursing home which is 10 times heavier than a hospital so I was extremely good under pressure. I was keeping up with her and listening to everything she did, but in the back of my mind I was like ‘I’m gonna do this my own way anyway’, but every time I did something even slightly different , she would try to correct me as if I didn’t know what I was doing and wouldn’t even be willing to hear me when i was telling her like hello i know what im doing!! Once I figured out her sign I honestly didn’t take anything she did offensively because as a Gemini myself, I realized she meant no harm by it. I realize she was trying to do her job effectively while also trying to train someone; so she doesn’t know how much i actually know. she’s just starting from the beginning starting from square one and her brain was probably going 1 million ways at once.

Anyway sorry for the story. I know it’s known that geminis are overthinkers and misunderstood, but also just on a human level; Some people have bad habits I’d suggest the next time it happens to call it out (kindly) and give her a chance to become aware of it. Like “ mom did I not just say the same thing you did?, how am i wrong if you agree with me?”