Asking questions is how most people show interest. That doesn’t mean it’s disingenuous. Conversations are not events where people take turns talking at each other, they’re back-and-forths.
I don’t feel like it makes much difference whether the person is close to me or not. It’s not that I don’t care about what happens to these people, but a huge part of the topics people generally small talk about are the kinds of mundane things I have almost zero interest in discussing. For example, if something interesting happened to you over the weekend, I assume you’re just going to tell me about it - I would. But I sometimes feel like people expect me to ask about those things, and when I see others do it, I’m often a bit skeptical about whether they’re actually interested or just going through the motions. Thus this thread.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
If you call “mundane” creating new life and welcoming a new person into the world, or exploring new corners of this tiny world that we are confined to, then I would really love to see what you consider fascinating.