I first completely read this as "smalltalk" and was quite confused. I'm quite bad at small talk but I try to 'force' it as it is seen as something common where

I first completely read this as "smalltalk" and was quite confused. I'm quite bad at small talk but I try to 'force' it as it is seen as something common where I live. My wife usually does tell me that I'm bad at it if she happens to be with me. I'm not sure why, there's just a lot of awkward pauses.