Small Talk

Please, can we just not?

Here I am enjoying my introvert time when a ding comes across my phone.

Uggg !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ignore my messenger and return to my movie.

Five minutes later he messages again this time with a thumbs-up sign indicating my lack of response wasn't appreciated.

Great! Now I feel obligated to reply.

At this point, he's ready to have some annoying conversation about who knows what.

I feel trapped.

I am in Hell!

I'm angry and resentful because instead of relaxing I'm forced to make up some lame response to his trivial message.

Introverted

I am extremely introverted.

I find conversing extremely daunting and downright exhausting.

I would rather save that energy for a select few I like to socialize with.

Even those conversations are limited depending on my energy levels.

Being an introvert can be challenging when the world expects us to be social creatures.

Introverts are often misconstrued as anti-social and standoffish.

Neither of these assumptions is true.

On occasion, I enjoy a good chat.

At times I don't mind a funny anecdote exchange.

However, I prefer to keep my communication down to the bare minimum.

I certainly don’t want to have silly trivial conversations with random people about nothing in particular.

Small talk has its time and place.

There are times when small talk can't be avoided or is necessary.

It is appropriate for the social setting you are in to be polite and engage in some idle chit-chat.

There have been instances when a person believes a simple hello is a segway to share their whole life story.

Those are times I wish they would rather talk about the fucking weather.

You don't need to discuss the discolored mole on your ass with a total stranger.

Small talk is in place to fill in those awkward silences that extroverts can't seem to handle.

I on the other hand am looking for any excuse to find that oneliner that I like to refer to as my escape plan.

This is just my opinion, but I firmly believe small talk should be limited to five minutes or less.

My stance on small talk

Small talk.

I would just rather not.

I truly believe people talk just to hear themselves speak.

My little girl's grandmother once told her that she talks to hear her brains rattle.

I know a lot of people who fit this description.

Have any of you watched the Peanuts cartoons when the teacher speaks and all you hear is wa wa wa ?

Well, that.

I begin to feel as if people aren't talking to me as much as they are talking at me.

So all that small talk can be very anxiety-provoking.

I have had several people say to me “You are so quiet”

Well, I have nothing to say.

Nothing that would add to their trivial and superficial conversation.

Honestly, I would rather be home meowing back at my cat.

That is far more entertaining and less mentally exhausting.

Any thoughts?