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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Like yesterday, we had a long conversation about what we would do with a tamed bear.

Well don't hold us in suspense!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We'd have to reorganize the living room and we'd name her Halle Beary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Sounds good. As long as Halle gets lots of bear pets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Non-verbal communication and silence work too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

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.