Are you the talker or the Quiet One

I enjoy meeting and talking with people but also listen to what others have to say. Mindless chatter isn't for me, but neither is absolute silence. Stillness is good, participation is better, tranquility is best.
 
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I was very quiet, shy up untill I was about 30 years old apart from speaking to the children I rarely spoke to anyone outside the home ...I think it was related to the way we're were raised to speak when we were spoken to ..at meal times we were permitted to ask to pass something but nothing more .. I'm still fairly quiet, but will talk to people on a bus or at the shops if I feel like it .......we ( hubby and I ) can travel from home to Adelaide which takes almost two hours and not utter a word ..we used to talk a bit while traveling but hubby is quite deaf (he had hearing aids fitted about 6 months ago but rarely wears them) it makes it hard to conduct a conversation so it's better to stay quiet than have to repeat myself several times.
I have been told at dances we attend I'm to quiet and I need to talk more ,but the only chance you get to talk is supper time...I like SF cause I can waffle all I like here without saying a word :laugh:well not to any members , but the IPad gets called a few names like stupid computer !! for changing my typed words to what it thinks they should be
 

Research shows that women are far more verbal than men. In fact, women say that men don't talk enough, and when they do talk, they many times don't like what men have to say. Whereas, men say that women talk too much, which often leads to nagging...
 
I dunno Ralphy. My 33 year old son had almost all his language skills in place at 2 1/2 years of age. He has not stopped talking since. It became even worse once he learned sign language. Words and hands a mile a minute. Lol. Fortunately he is interesting.
 
I miss men talking and being animated (at home)...my current hardly ever instigates a conversation unless it's work related..I have to always bring a subject up. ..and then he has to get way deep into it...and he's a real pedant which always spoils conversation for me when the other person knows fine well what you mean, but has to point out you've said a word wrong..accch!!

Fortunately I work with men and they are spontaneous and chatty...so that makes up for some of it..
 
Men love to pontificate if they get started, and men behave differently at home and at work depending upon the type of workplace...
 
I like to talk to new people but normally I am the listener in a group. I can talk just fine with a few friends but put me up in front of a group of people and I melt like the wicked witch of the west.
Around the house with the wife, we can be quiet for some time then both start to talk at the same time.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
I'll happily pass the time of day with strangers (like a store clerk, another shopper in the same aisle in a store, someone standing in line at a checkout counter) because "it's nothing personal". They probably think I'm outgoing. Not.

At gatherings? I avoid them like the plague and only find myself in gatherings under threats of sudden and/or bloody death. I'll go, make nice with whomever is hosting/in charge or whatever, then flee. I'll walk a mile to avoid a party, and getting an invitation to an event where there are more than two other people brings on the stress, especially if the more-than-two-others are people I don't know or don't know well.

Family and friends? They'd probably say I'm a Chatty Cathy.
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Looks like you have many people here who are just like you ... count me in as well. Perfect description !!
 
Probably your son had to be quick on his feet and with his tongue to deal with you...:eek:nthego:
 
Yup, and thanks, I love being right once in awhile...:cool:
 

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