slo’s FRIDAY 12/9 poll - Small Talk

[Dan Murphy]

Like P&M and PG above, I'll go with master also I think. I've enjoyed talking with strangers all my life. And Marie is the same. We go someplace and I'm leaving and she is talking with somebody new.

I do think all of us here on this board would be, using @slo 's choices above, would be at least somewhat good or good. We were (or still are) strangers coming to this place. But we jump in, converse, agree, disagree, ask/answer questions, help each other. I know it can be distant, not in person, but the basics have to be there.

 

[nw6675]

Good at it. Hate to do it.

 

[tvguy]

My wife says I can talk to anyone, and that everyone talks to me. She never knew my dad, but he was a lumber salesman and she says I must have gotten the gift of gab from him.

I am, however, nowhere near as good as my wife's best friend's mom. She once had a 30 minute phone conversation with someone before either of them realized IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER call and they didn't know each other.

 

[DoryGirl1963]

I am super introverted and really hate small talk(on the phone and in person) but my job/hobbies have always required me to do it so I have become good at it-I just pterodactyl scream internally while I do it. I am perfectly fine with texts/emails though-it's weird lol

I'm exactly the same way! I can do the obligatory small talk thing but actually despise it - that's why I picked " Other".

 

[Moliphino]

I am super introverted and really hate small talk(on the phone and in person) but my job/hobbies have always required me to do it so I have become good at it-I just pterodactyl scream internally while I do it. I am perfectly fine with texts/emails though-it's weird lol

It's much easier to figure out what I want to say and how to say it by text/email. In real time my brain panics sometimes.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I think the 2 scenarios are vastly different for me -
if I'm alone with someone in a social situation, in a grocery store line or work situation I'm fine making conversation.
throw me into a party where I hardly know anyone and everyone is mingling I freeze. I can't do it.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I would say OK at best.

 

[RedAngie]

I am, however, nowhere near as good as my wife's best friend's mom. She once had a 30 minute phone conversation with someone before either of them realized IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER call and they didn't know each other.

That sounds like a story my uncle told about his wife about 40 years ago. He comes home from work and she’s on the phone. He hears her saying things like “What kind of car do you have?” and “I like cherries too.”

When she finally hangs up he asks who she was talking to and she replies “It was a wrong number but we just started chatting and lost track of time.”

She’s like those mentioned above who is at ease talking to anyone.

Oh, and one time another aunt who lived a bit of a distance away called her. It was a toll call. When her bill came in there was like a $9 charge. The other aunt accused her teen son of making the call and was ranting and raving until she remembered SHE called the chatterbox aunt about something minor and was on the phone for over an hour.

 

[ronandannette]

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Sorry but I've been meaning to ask forever - how do you make your fantastic avatar pictures? I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves them.

 

[slo]

Sorry but I've been meaning to ask forever - how do you make your fantastic avatar pictures? I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves them.

Thanks - they are a lot of fun

I use an app called Bitmoji.

 

[Minnesota!]

I hate small talk. It exhausts me.

 

[HeatherC]

I’m a small talk master as well. I think a large part of that is I never want someone else to feel uncomfortable. If they are shy or introverted, I hope that helps put them at ease a little by keeping the conversation flowing. And if someone is outgoing then it is even easier for me to chat.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I hate it, but I'll do it if I absolutely have to. What I've really mastered is the art of being at a party and walking up to a group of people talking, standing there for a while with a dumb smile on my face as I desperately search for an opener to join in, and then slinking away to the food table to stuff my mouth with canapes.