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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down2·20 hours agoI’m able to make smalltalk. I just don’t enjoy it, so I avoid it when I can. And my wife and I don’t engage in smalltalk. We talk about what we actually care about. Seems to have worked fine for the past 24 years.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 hours agoPretty much. I don’t wake up and ask my wife, “How’s the weather?” Or “Did you see that game last night?” We talk about real shit. Like yesterday, we had a long conversation about what we would do with a tamed bear.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours ago Like yesterday, we had a long conversation about what we would do with a tamed bear. Well don’t hold us in suspense!
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoWe’d have to reorganize the living room and we’d name her Halle Beary.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoSounds good. As long as Halle gets lots of bear pets.
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoYes. Non-verbal communication and silence work too.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoCan confirm, I hold our evenings together laying in bed next to each other reading different books or whatever in high esteem. We’re not disfunctional, we’re just introverted, though we like each other’s company.
I’m able to make smalltalk. I just don’t enjoy it, so I avoid it when I can.
And my wife and I don’t engage in smalltalk. We talk about what we actually care about. Seems to have worked fine for the past 24 years.
Pretty much.
I don’t wake up and ask my wife, “How’s the weather?” Or “Did you see that game last night?”
We talk about real shit. Like yesterday, we had a long conversation about what we would do with a tamed bear.
Well don’t hold us in suspense!
We’d have to reorganize the living room and we’d name her Halle Beary.
Sounds good. As long as Halle gets lots of bear pets.
Yes. Non-verbal communication and silence work too.
Can confirm, I hold our evenings together laying in bed next to each other reading different books or whatever in high esteem. We’re not disfunctional, we’re just introverted, though we like each other’s company.