(February 8, 2018 at 4:15 am)Hammy Wrote:(February 7, 2018 at 7:19 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Yes, I've been accused of doing that by people who know me IRL. Nobody wants to hear a guy incessantly analyze the most trivial matters in life, so they've either bluntly told me to shut up (usually family, lol) or they'll change the subject and move on to something else, which irks me even more (because the urge to analyze is still there and it's itching so badly).
Fuck this sounds like my life story lol.
Quote: My partner, on the other hand, she just asks for a hug ... that quiets me down for some reason.
Awww she sounds really nice.
Do you struggle in group conversations and are better at one on ones? I sure as hell do. In a group I'm either the only one who isn't talking and has no idea when it's his turn to speak... or I'm the only one talking and I'm feeling really anxious worrying if I'm talking too much and need to shut the fuck up and worrying if I'm making too many jokes. And then I make one and no one laughs. Etc. Lol.
Most of the time I just spend the entire time quiet but thinking about some joke I want to make but never getting around to making it and never feeling like I have any spot where I can jump in and make it.
Hmm... I find it helpful (because I have a tendency to dominate conversations) to just say 'what about you?' to the person I'm talking to when I discuss some aspect of my own life. It balances a conversation really well if you think you're talking too much and want to hear from a more introverted person who won't naturally speak their mind.
And throw in the bad jokes! Who gives a crap what people who don't laugh at jokes think about you?
