>the advantage of not having the mental fatigue from carrying a conversation and thinking of questions to ask them just to avoid the akward silence I'm introvert but I can have fruitful conversations with my friends because we have similar interests and different perspectives as well, so it's always interesting and refreshing. And we can also appreciate silence, it's exhausting to talk all the time. We can just relax and listen to some music and the silence is never awkward. If you feel that way (mental fatigued from "carrying" the conversation) while having a conversation with someone maybe you shouldn't be having a conversation with that person to begin with.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

If you actually think silence is awkward and you "have to carry" an uninteresting and annoying conversation to avoid it, you must be insufferable to be around.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

What does this even mean? Lol why are you being an asshole?? You genuinely have never had an awkward silence moment???

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Definitely feel like it's a relatively intimate thing to be comfortable in silence with someone, so I see where you're coming from. It's far easier to relax, especially with unfamiliar people, when they can carry a conversation and throw a line every here and there to hop in. I'd for sure consider it a skill worth learning as sometimes the other person will need some help getting into a conversation. It definitely depends on the person though, or at least their conversations. While I've enjoyed someone else spending so much time talking, I feel notedly bad if I don't get a chance to ever give input, or annoyed if their hour talk is more of a complaint rant than a conversation.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I don't like hearing people fill the silence with nonsense. There's no mental fatigue from silence, so if there's nothing to say, then it's ok not to say anything until someone has something to say.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I think it would be the opposite of being introverted if you don't find people droning on exhausting. Especially if what they're talking about is boring. You sound extroverted.

by Anonymous 2 years ago