I totally agree, im a highschool football player, and you wouldnt
believe what all these kids ramble on about stuff, its like where is
it coming from? I dont mind silence, but even if it was awkward, why
whould you want to kill the silence with something stupid? But, on the
other hand, if it was somebody that you are just meeting that would be
a different story, if there was an awkward silence then i would just
talk about themselves or ask questions, but nothing stupid to fill a
gap of silence.




--- In SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com, "avetice" <avetice@y...> wrote:
> Hey, names Ray. I'm starting to get annoyed with my lack of
> conversational skills. I've been called shy, quiet, all that fun
> stuff. However I'm not really afraid of social gatherings or any of
> that. I love hanging out with my friends and family. The thing is I
> just dont talk much. If I knew what to talk to people about I wouldnt
> appear to be so shy I think. It's when everyone wants to get together
> to just sit around a campfire or something and talk, thats when I stop
> enjoying myself because everyone is talking, and I can never think of
> anything to talk about. There is always at least one person, during
> these kind of gatherings that will say "whats a matter Ray, is
> something wrong? your so quiet?". The only thing that really gets me
> through these sort of things is that I just start observing everything
> and taking mental visual notes, because I am an illustrator. Never
> took a date to a resteraunt before because I dont want to bore them to
> death with my lack of conversation. I don't even find silence awkward,
> i don't understand why people feel so awkward when a silent moment
> comes around.