Do you talk a lot, or are you quiet?

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15 years ago

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casey_nfld
15 years ago
I am pretty quiet.
rachelacey
15 years ago
I'm a listener
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Granlan_TX
15 years ago
If I don't leave the house, I can go for days/weeks without talking to anyone but my cat.

Just don't get me started or I'll talk your ear off. lol

Chemocurl...it took me a while..you really are quiet! :)
Linda Wayman
15 years ago
I'm not as quiet as I used to be, but I'm still pretty quiet unless I'm with someone I know really well.

Linda
ronf_gw
15 years ago
Quiet.
Grandpa taught me that you never learn anything while your mouth is open.

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czech_chick
15 years ago
I'm right in the middle between talk a lot and quiet.
vicki_lv
15 years ago
I am right in the middle too. There are some people in our office? Wow...they never seem to stop talking. And we have one, that has to be in on every conversation.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
15 years ago
Probably more quiet until I know you, but I am a good listener.

Sue
jel48
15 years ago
I can go either way, depending on the circumstances.
trishaw
15 years ago
I am a solitary person by nature. I can work for hours at my desk without saying a word, unless the phone rings. My kids talk a lot. My middle child just has to be making noise at all times. If he is not talking then he is humming or just making weird sounds. He has always been this way. I am just quite. I read and do cross stitch for hobbies, both silent type things.

Trish
ann_in_florida
15 years ago
If you need to talk, I can be very quiet and listen. but...if you want to chat, I'm right in there with you!!!
grammahony
15 years ago
I lean to the quiet side.
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lydia1959
15 years ago
I am more quiet, but talk a lot with certain friends.
linda_in_iowa
15 years ago
I am a talker. I used to be very quiet.
debo_2006
15 years ago
Being the guarded person that I am, I'm usually quiet, but am a good listener. I can talk more depending on the company I'm with.
yayagal
15 years ago
I can be both ways. I can spend hours being very quiet and I work in the house only when it's quiet. Then again, I love to converse with friends and relate funny stories. I owned a hair salon for years and had to entertain the clients so I guess it all depends on the circumstances. People tell me I'm a good listener.
glenda_al
15 years ago
I'm inbetween.
jannie
15 years ago
Very quiet, I'm a listener. I like to observe other people and not be the center of attention.
des_arc_ya_ya
15 years ago
Boy! There sure are a lot of listeners here to listen to us talkers! LOL
coral_ok
15 years ago
I'd like to be the quiet type, but I'm not there yet.
waddles
15 years ago
depends on how much alcohol I have had
maryanntx
15 years ago
I'm quiet, although I'm more talkative now than I used to be.
monica_pa Grieves
15 years ago
LOL....There's a lot of people on this forum who could answer this for me.
rthummer
15 years ago
Around immediate family, I am pretty talkative. But around others I am quiet. Or so I have been told. My family says others just don't know me well enough.
zeetera
15 years ago
I'm quiet but I can carry a conversation. Proof is a painful patch on my chin where I balance the phone receiver.
minnie_tx
15 years ago
I really don't talk much to anyone anymore but when I do I talk a lot. I audio tape a lot of articles just so I don't lose my power of expression and sound. I miss singing. I had a beautiful voice and somehow just can't sing anymore. (not bragging just being truthful)
sue_va
15 years ago
I am a talker. My Brother used to tease me by saying that the Doctor made a mistake and vaccinated me with a phonograph needle! (Remember phonographs?)

Now that I live alone, I miss conversation. When I'm out shopping I often speak to other people when it is appropriate. I find that there are many other people who miss having a conversation now and then.

I'm not a phone person though. I rarely call anyone, I like to be with the person I'm talking to.

And I am also a good listener.

Sue
samkaren
15 years ago
Pretty quiet but a very good listener
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
15 years ago
My Brother used to tease me by saying that the Doctor made a mistake and vaccinated me with a phonograph needle!

LMAO!

BF thinks finds it amusing that I talk to my 3 doggies, just like they were humans. I often ask them questions and then suggest answers.

You want a biscuit? They wag tails as an answer.
Let's go to the mailbox...They head toward the mailbox.
Want to go for a walk? They start stamping their feet, spinning in circles and turn in the direction of the woods.

(the other) Sue...who loves visiting via phone
dibby
15 years ago
I'm like Sue VA, I love to talk, but not on the phone. I rarely call anyone to visit.

When I'm with friends, I have to remind myself to be quiet and not make a nuisance of myself.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
15 years ago
Ha, ha, Chemocurl, I got my phone call from my gal friend this morning instead of last evening. I am a good listener for her. She has had it really rough, recently lost a daughter to a stroke, a year before lost a son to a car accident, and now her other son is in the hospital very ill, probably will have to go to a nursing home, and her husband has Parkinson's. So sometimes being on the phone can really help the other person if you just mostly listen. I enjoy her calls. We were neighbors when we were growing up. I count my blessings.

Sue
OklaMoni
15 years ago
LOL, I guess, since you haven't met me yet, you don't really know.

I am the BIG talker in the family!

Moni
barb_from_pa
15 years ago
I talk too much!
lindyluwho
15 years ago
I'm a talker but I seem realllly quiet next to DH.

Linda
twinklenose
15 years ago
Usually very quiet
joyfulguy
15 years ago
On this forum ...

... regarding my situation ...

... 'nuff said!

ole joyful

P.S. Last night, en route to a meeting of our long-running investment group (travelling several miles together to save gas), my friend, retired accountant with a large auto parts manufacturer (since closed), said as we went into the Bulk Barn to shop ...

... that he thought that he was a gregarious, companionable, chatty kind of person ...

... but that he couldn't hold candle to me!

I'd just had a conversation with a lady about to drive away from the parking lot in her SUV.

o j
wildchild
15 years ago
Talker socially but I can be very quiet and still when it is to my benefit. I know how to fly under the radar.
gmom74
15 years ago
I'm quiet- DH used to punch me at parties and say, "Say something", which made it worse.
luckygardnr
15 years ago
I never shut up! LOL! Just ask DH!
carol_in_california
15 years ago
My daily goal is to listen more and talk less.
chattypatty49
15 years ago
I'm mostly quiet. Depending on the situation. I had a cousin tell me many years ago "Yea, you're quiet alright.
Quite lively and shy as a junkyard dog".
At the time he was probably right...LOL
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
Depends who I am with. I can be very talkative or quiet.
lulie___wayne
15 years ago
I prefer to listen than to talk.
minrose
15 years ago
I am a listener, not a talker.
nola_anne
15 years ago
When I talk alot I say alot of nothing (chatter.)

When I want to really say 'something' worthwhile, I try to keep it to a profound sentence or two.

When I take time to think about things, I prefer to write it, so I dunno;

Am I talkative or quiet?

I wish you hadn't asked...now I'll be up all night trying to figure it out!

nola anne
pattico_gw
15 years ago
I Talk.......TOO much....I even bore myself..
marilyn_c
15 years ago
Either one. I am a good listener but I can talk a lot too.

Do you talk a lot, or are you quiet?

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