Spot on! A close friend might respond with something like "oh really, how do you find the time between work and <insert other things>" or "nice, are you taking

Spot on! A close friend might respond with something like "oh really, how do you find the time between work and <insert other things>" or "nice, are you taking classes or using some resources online?" and continue from there. The style where one responds with "nice, now switch back to MY story!" is natural only in some parts of US or superficial work relationships... If such models condition all humans to converse like that then the future is even more lonely, despite us all being connected all the time.