The Language of Love
// January 5th, 2008 // 17 Comments » // Personal
I noticed something about myself. I display two sides when it comes to conversation - the first, the friendly and hyper Crystal, usually blabs on for ages in front of recently-met acquaintances to make sure the conversation never stops. The second me is the quiet and reserved Crystal, who appears before people I’m really close to, like family and s/o (significant other). Most of my friends are really loud and talkative so during phone conversation, I’m usually the “listener” and rarely have anything to add after the first five minutes where I recap the most exciting events in my life that happened since I last talked to whoever is on the other end. So when it comes to my boyfriend, I find that I’m the more talkative one. Yet because he doesn’t fall under the “recently-met acquaintances” category, I don’t have life stories to pour out to him. I suppose the point I’m trying to make is that he thought I wasn’t talking to him and got a bit irritated.
I find it silly making small talk to people I’m know really well. I think the silence is comfortable. Plus, some of us bloggers tend to be able to be absorbed in our little worlds for hours at a time and never find boredom setting in 
. What worries me though, is what might happen in future relationships. Will I end up with some arrogant jerk who talks non-stop because I’m a good listener? I suppose my being an only child might have something to do with it. Am I unwilling to compromise because I’m not willing to share a part of my life with somebody? Or maybe, am I making a big deal out of nothing when it was just an unfortunate moment? 
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