Do you talk alot in real life or are you quiet and reserved?

It depends on who I’m talking to. But generally speaking I’d say I’m quite and reserved. However, when I’m with friends I can let my guard down and talk a lot. However, with relative strangers I take some time to come out of my shell.

Depends, I like quiet reflective moments but on the whole I have been accused on more than one occasion of waffling. I do tend to go on a bit. I talk passionately about my kids mainly, to whoever wants to listen. I should stop now, don’t wanna be accused of waffling too much!! ;¬}

I have a strong dislike for small talk or gossip and people who know me have grown to accept this and not be offended by my lack of attempt at reciprocating with equally banal chatter. I could never be considered as shy, but usually I am very quiet and reserved.
If the conversation turns to music, film, books or the arts in general, I can suddenly become very vocal and animated, dominating the conversation to the extent that I become a bore.

Depends on the situation and my current condition. In discussion group/class I’ll talk/argue as long as I could to dominate the competition. If I feel sick then maybe I’ll talk less often than usual and there would be ‘easily-offended tone’ in my conversation. I’ll talk even more with someone I have a lot of common with.

In my free time I am pretty quiet, you may even wonder if I can speak. Maybe that is because I talk all week long at work and I’m looking for a break.

I’m quiet, no one I hang out likes to talk about what I like to talk about. I’m just that guy who laughs at the jokes.

I am not too talkative nor quiet and if I want to yell , I yell. I guess it’s nerves.

I talk a lot and I get off on tangents and I laugh a lot and, generally, I’m just a giant dork.

Yep, I’m a talker and a joker and a midnight toker….lol

I talk much less than I used to. I wasn’t a good listener for a long time. I am learning.

I like to talk about comedy, films, TV, music and traveling. I have strong opinions about the first four of those topics.

@aprilsimnel

Yes, listening is more important than talking…..I too try to remeber to be a good listener. :-)

In real life I’m pretty quiet and reserved—especially in group situations. Some people see this as a contradiction because I am very social and love group environments—not really what you would call introverted—but I get quiet in conversation nonetheless. I think it takes me too long to think through what I want to say for me to keep up with a group conversation.

When I’m talking one on one with the right person I can get pretty talkative if they ask the right questions.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir : Dorks unite! I can’t shut up. My other nickname was Jill the Mouth.

@JilltheTooth :)

I was once called ( an Indian name thing at a party ) ” she who comes to talk” lol

I am a compulsive, non-stop talker. I tend to avoid people as much as I can because I cannot make myself stop.

Depends upon the circumstances, & I am generally willing to try to explain why I feel about something as I do, or to defend why I feel a certain way about something. However, I do draw the line at trying to talk with any individual who gets angry & does their best to expound their views with unreasoning anger.

@Linda_Owl

Yes, avoid the crazy angry types…blech!

Much like @Rewgreen, I strongly dislike small-talk – but if it’s a subject I’m passionate about, I can go on quite a bit. Barring that, I do a lot of listening and observing.

I admit that people who nervously chatter and speak constantly about nothing annoy me to know end. I actually hold them in very low regard as I basically distrust people who cannot be alone with their thoughts or feel the need to fill any silence with the sound of their own voice. I realize this is an unfounded prejudice, but chatty-cathys (or carls) drive me NUTS.

@cprevite

I agree, nothing like the boring intros such as weather. lol

BUT…I thnk that it is fun and healthy to enjoy good conversation with others, as well as to enjoy ones own company.

It’s all about balance.

I am a perfect 50/50 split, as my profile says, half social butterfly, half hermit.

I relish my solitude, but when in social mode I do enjoy talking as well as listening.

I would say that I prefer to be alone doing my thing than to chatter on about useless nothings. Another dislike are those that want to talk endlessly about their relationship issues….nothing gets me running like relationship drama. Gah…..

i watched a pretty interesting video addressing this..about how we “wear masks” in front of everyone, our closest friends, and even ourselves. “self projection” he calls it. He looks like Billy Corgan too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMQmFl9558Y&feature=related