Often when I see people that I haven’t seen in quite some time (anywhere from a few days to months and years), I’ll be asked, “What’s new?” After I rack my brains for something worth reporting, more often than not, my response is “Nothing.”
It’s not really because I sit around and do nothing, but because I honestly don’t like talking for the sake of talking. (This is why I like hiding behind emails and hate the telephone.)
If there is something worth talking about, something I’m interested in, then you can’t shut me up. Ask me if I’ve seen any good TV shows lately, talk to me about politics, ask me why I’m still a Mets (sigh) fan, give me a book recommendation and ask me if I’ve read anything good recently…I can talk about these things for days. (I can also write about them for days.)
Talking about “real” things has never really interested me. If you feel like telling me about your life, your job, your Uncle Leo’s bunion, I’ll be happy to listen, but if you ask me if I have any relatives that have bunions, even if I do, I’m probably going to say no.
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