The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoSmall talk is an essential skilllemmy.worldimagemessage-square271fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down173
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down2·2 months 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-up9·edit-22 months 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-up5·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoWe’d have to reorganize the living room and we’d name her Halle Beary.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSounds good. As long as Halle gets lots of bear pets.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou would want to keep it outside, bear shit is not a good house smell. It is better than cougar, so I guess there is that.
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYes. Non-verbal communication and silence work too.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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.
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI thought I was in my messaging app when I read the first sentences and was confused. I thought I was included in the “our evenings” 😆 That sounds lovely and relatable. I let my affection show in glances etc too or a brief hand on the shoulder. Whatever feels authentic at the time.
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.
You would want to keep it outside, bear shit is not a good house smell. It is better than cougar, so I guess there is that.
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.
I thought I was in my messaging app when I read the first sentences and was confused. I thought I was included in the “our evenings” 😆
That sounds lovely and relatable. I let my affection show in glances etc too or a brief hand on the shoulder. Whatever feels authentic at the time.