why is everyone getting down votes for saying me too??

coming from a big immigrant italian family, i have the worst time scaling down recipes. everything was made to feed the whole clan. making food for like 2 people is insanely difficult for me.

For some reason 1999 is still 10years ago

Sometimes I think I've nailed this adulting lark and am now a fully formed member of the human race. Then I try talking to a stranger and realise all I've done is cocoon myself in friends who don't mind talking about D&D 24/7

For me, it stems from insecurities (with new ppl I'm not comfortable with). Like I'm subconsciously worried that I'm being judged or what I have to say isn't worth listening to. That, or I overshare and word vomit all over myself.

This is one of the reasons God invented weather, so we have something to talk about.

This is me just whenever I talk to people unless I see them like every day I can't talk like a normal human being

"Did you read Trump's latest tweet?" should help in making small talk even if you never read any of 'em.

It doesn't matter if I know the person or if they're a stranger, small talk is an impossible thing for me to do. It's stressful and awkward.

I can relate

I am autistic and all i have is smalltalk, but i do know up front what i am going to say, but after a few inutes i go blanc and the headache starts, followd by stomac ache. So people think i am very talkative, but i don't go for koffie with anyone, for obvious reasons.

I don't do well with that either. If I do try to say something I screw it up or it comes out all wrong.

Small talk is c**p.

Say not much.

My nickname is ten-words-or-less-barbara. I don't do phones or visiting anyone or anywhere

I relate strongly. When asked outside a setting that suggests appropriate answers (such as being at work and knowing that the question is aimed at what happened at the workplace during their absence), I feel like being hit by a tsunami wave of things that are new, panick while trying to sort out suitable topics, staring blanky while processing and ending up mixing two to three incompatible phrases. "Whats new?" "Not much/had a great day today/new hobby" results in "Not much today new hobby" or a similar abomination. Then I blush and ponder on why my brain leaks random words when startled.

Me too!

Give the quick answer that you've been busy . . . then ask people about themselves. They will fill in the conversation and think you are a GREAT listener. Every person LOVES to talk about themselves.

I usually just make a grunting noise.

Yep, me to. Small talk often feels like a weird ritual with ancient arcane rules nobody can explain to me.

My reply is I got a haircut even if I didn’t it just seems to always start a convo

Maybe you are just not a shallow person :)

The + sign has a bump on it. The positive side of the battery is also the one with the bump. The - sign is flat. The negative end of a battery is flat as well. You're welcome!

I once directed my friend in a car and we nearly ended up in another country....

Me too!!! I feel so dumb some times. Living in South Africa I speak Afrikaans. I call kids "pampoen" which means pumpkin. Or "piesang" which means banana. I get away with it because the kids in my karate dojo thinks it is funny. don't think adults would thinks it's funny.

Pretty sure that's normal

Yes that is the proper and best way to shuffle cards!

are you my wife? because this sounded just like her :-)

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Years ago my sister and I were taking a walk in our neighborhood and someone asked for directions to the local library. After he drove off, we realized that the directions we gave were totally wrong. We joke that to this day, you can see a rusty old car being driven by a skeleton...still looking for that library.

The trick is to inhale with your mouth when out of water, slowly exhale through your nose while in the water. You can help yourself with humming while in the water.

yup!! you are not alone

Me too!! It's the side effect of my mother's friend terrifying me as a kid (for "fun"), by telling me that she saw a kid get their foot caught in the escalator & had it chewed off. She told me every time we went to go on an escalator. It's now an ingrained instinct, despite me logically knowing it's nonsense.

Fitted sheets are supposed to be folded? I just wad them up in a ball and stuff them in the linen closet.

Riding a bike is not easy. Unlike most people I know, I'll admit, I learnt it as a young adult. And I'm so grateful for it, such a useful skill to have.

LOL!!! I have no sense of direction. Will get lost in my own house ;-/, but time and distance... no one can beat me at that.

At least they have a calm home environment

I cannot say 'similarly'. It always comes out as similarily, similaly, similarlarily etc.

Turn it on

I have a problem with converting the 24h clock to 12h. Keep messing up 5 o'clock (1700h) and 7 o'clock

I had an instructor like that, I dumped him and found a new one. Passed my test first time.

I too can't whistle - sounds like an angry cat if I try!

Me neither, got no idea how to whistle on my fingers.

Haha, that's the opposite to my dad. He can ONLY float. Like, on his back with both his knees AND shoulders above the water. We've often joked that he has hollow bones, like a bird.

Yes, "deductible" sounds like something you *don't* have to pay. And "premium" sounds like something good, but the whole thing is doubly confusing: pay a higher premium (oh no!) to get a lower monthly (oh...kay?). It's like being asked to choose the way you would like to get screwed.

Now this, I learned at middle school. One of the positives of having school uniforms in the UK!

I just think to myself "Write" and I automatically know which hand is right =D

Go online and order an electric egg boiler. It does the work for you.