Keeping Quiet
"There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say - unless you insist on saying it."
~Anonymous~
The people we dread sitting next to at parties aren't the silent ones. However reticent the person next to us may be, we can usually find something to say. Or we can at least sit there in quiet companionship.
No, the people we dread are the ones who insist on filling every moment with the sound of their own voices. They babble on about everything while saying nothing, and we can't wait to find an excuse to get away from them.
I don't need to fill in every gap in every conversation. I can listen to others or just sit quietly. No one will think there's something wrong with me if I'm quiet - but they might if I insist on talking all the time.
My thoughts: I don't really like this post much at all! I think what they are trying to say is a very good point, but this was not said in a very good manner at all. I think what's more important is to realize that everyone is different and we should try to be compatible as much as we can with that instead of saying the other person is at fault and needs to 'shut up'.
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