My partner is the same... I'm not only does she ramble, but she loses the thread completely and I have to remind her what her story was originally about... but honestly, it's fine, she's having a fun time telling her stories so I'm happy to be her audience.
Very, very early in my career, I had a project lead give me my official annual review where he talked for ages about how I was reading a book at my desk that day and he didn't think that was professional... even after I had told him I had worked through lunch on an urgent issue and was finally taking a break. I was so mad that it was the focus of my annual review.
It did teach me that perception > reality and that feedback only matters if you respect the person giving it to you. I was a contractor for a really long time so the only feedback you'd ever get was if you got hired again (and that's usually more of an availability/pay sync up than actual feedback per se). I do get feedback now, but I'm not sure I've ever received anything yet that has changed my outlook or behaviour.
"Hey skippy, Timmy fell down the well? He hit is head? You were sleeping under a tree? You were tired after a long day eating grass? Yes, grass is good for you. Yes, they are names of types of grasses... Skippy, where the fuck is Timmy?!"
He obviously didn't do his prep. "Annual" isn't "what I saw today".
Perhaps it is who you are getting it from? Or perhaps, what they focus on isn't valuable to you, it is valuable to them. Do you give people (positive and negative) feedback?