Because I honestly can’t. I can barely talk with the very few people I know. Is just so out of my range. That’s why I don’t have friends or a partner and I don’t see that changing.
EDIT: no, responding comments here or asking this question ISN’T having a conversation for me. So I don’t feel this as “progress”.
I’m tempted to say “no” to the first half, then “Yes, plenty” to the second half, on the basis that I’m good at faking it.
I travel a lot for a living, so there are a lot of idle hours in hotel bars and airplanes, ripe for idle chitchat with random strangers, so I decided to start practicing my social skills, because they sure as hell need some exercise. What do I care, I’m never gonna meet them again anyway.
Well, it turns out that
a) Most people I encounter are just as bored as I
b) Idle chitchat is easy after a few tries. I don’t think I’m fak8ng it anymore.
c) Sometimes you do run into the same peo0le again on the other side of the of the world, and they’re happy to see you