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klanka
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10 Sep 2022, 3:09 pm

i talk to a lot of people but they are acquaintances only



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10 Sep 2022, 3:27 pm

Today I talked much more than I wanted to. I talked to my daughter because her mother is away so I'm lone parenting. I took her out for breakfast so I had to speak to the people in the cafe to order and pay. That was plenty.


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16 Sep 2022, 8:20 am

I'm talking to one of my friends.


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16 Sep 2022, 9:42 am

My problem is, I've talked to so few people since 2005 that I've lost my social skills. I can do brief conversations with strangers e.g. 'nice weather isn't it', 'busy in the shop today isn't it', 'hi postman, thanks for the parcel,' etc.

But anything more than that, I get bemused stares, whispering behind my back, sudden accusations of 'saying horrible things.' Whatever those horrible things are, I've no idea. So I'm giving up on talking to people.


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