Quote: You know, Pam, some men actually need quiet spells of doing nothing with no conversation. My H can be an expert in that, especially in really long car trips, or relaxed Sunday afternoons.
I somehow got trained since childhood into keeping a soft flow of conversation, as if silence were bad. At first when we were dating I tried, but after a while it went nowhere. So now when we go on a trip we just watch the landscape and think our own thoughts. And, guess what?, when one of us actually talks it is usually to say the same thing the other is thinking (no mind reading involved). Our train of thoughts run parallel!
My H doesn't talk much on trips either...it's his thinking time which is fine with me I like to read or not talk, also.
I used to think this was bad, also, so would try and the conversation wouldn't go anywhere.
