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For me, it was a skill issue.Most people learn it when very young. Just repeated practice helped... and someone close to me coached me on things that seemed com
by monarchwadia 1y ago
For me, it was a skill issue.Most people learn it when very young. Just repeated practice helped... and someone close to me coached me on things that seemed common sense to others, but were counterintuitive to me. But over time, my neurons rewired themselves. I'm fairly good at small talk now. People dont believe me when I say I couldn't even order pizza over the phone at one point.
- Yiin 1y agocan you share some of the things that seemed common sense to others?
- letitbeirie 1y agoAre you young enough to have grown up in a house without a land line by chance? I think land lines are where many current adults (who grew up before cell phones were ubiquitous) learned a lot of that common sense, because in order to get in touch with anyone you had to be willing and able to make small talk with whoever picked up the phone first - chatty mothers, asshole brothers, mostly-deaf grandfathers, etc.
- igouy 1y agoBefore land line phones, in order to get in touch with anyone you had to be willing and able to make small talk with whoever answered the door first.
- mkbkn 1y agoCould you share what you practiced that helped you?