“I might do that. So, how did you go from doing stunt work in LA to owning a garage in Greenwich?”
“Is this small talk, or are you interested?”
“It can be both.”
Happy Ever After
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When I was single and dating, my friends made fun of me for jumping into deep conversations with guys I just met.
I've never been interested in small talk, or its cousin, flirting. I'm genuinely curious to get to know people, and I'd rather not talk if it's going to be about nonsense. Turns out, I have something in common with the "silent Finns" who are also known for not talking small, but diving into meaningful conversation — or none at all.
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He’d expect conversation, and she
wasn’t sure she had any more.
Between him and his mother, she was
out of what struck her
as appropriate small talk.
The Witness