Dear Amy: I’m a 50-something businessman in the Midwest. I travel a lot on two- and three-hour car trips with colleagues, clients, business associates, etc. Oftentimes we grab breakfast or lunch, or meet for a social meal. I’m an inquisitive and outgoing person, so I often ask a question to get a conversation going. Lately, I’ve noticed that my conversations are increasingly one-way.
Dear Amy: I’m a 50-something businessman in the Midwest.
Oftentimes I finish my entire meal while they talk, and they amazingly jam a bite in here and there between sentences.I am an interested and natural conversationalist, but lately, I feel as if I am just a really good listener. I agree that this is tiring and disappointing, although I could imagine during a period of frustration asking your talking companion, “Do you realize that you never express curiosity about me? Aren’t you interested?”Full disclosure: Several years ago, my daughter passed me a note during a nerve-wracking social gathering: “Stop talking. Start listening.”Talkers need to train themselves to lob and volley.
Your sister-in-law’s choice all those years ago was at the very least a tremendous lapse of judgment. It is hard to imagine the thinking involved in her playing the divorce card to your children, without your express permission, and without evidence or provocation.
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