Were you/are you talkative?

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I was a talkative child. I didn't speak to strangers, but I liked having long chats about general things with my grandparents, and they used to say how much they enjoyed it. Also I've always told my mum everything. I also liked sitting and talking to other children too. I remember when I was about 8 me and a boy of the same age in my neighborhood sat on his wall eating sweets and talking about general life like school and stuff. I didn't have any special interests back then. I often played with this boy too, but sometimes we'd just sit and talk. He was neurotypical.

I can be talkative as an adult too. Me and my boyfriend can sit together for ages talking, and I love the way the subject gradually changes without us knowing, like one subject leads to another. For example we could be talking about shopping, and it could suddenly lead to talking about thunderstorms, without the subject abruptly changing at all.

I also enjoy talking to friends and relatives on the phone.

I'm somewhat talkative now but I wasn't when I was younger.

I don't consider myself a big talker. People in the groups I'm in say I make what I say count and am knowledgeable about the topics I speak about, but I don't talk just for the sake of it.

^^ Jeez, I was at a meeting one time where an engineer was asking for advice from a bike advocacy group. His company wanted to promote an overpass bridge for bikes. One blowhard had been boring us for an hour, on and off, nearly using up the poorly-chaired meeting on extraneous matters. I broke in to point out that the ramps would be very unpopular as designed, and the railing quite hazardous. All the riders immediately concurred, once it had been pointed out, and that engineer was Very glad I spoke up.

Define "talkative"

Some idiots told me "why are you so quiet?"

Some idiots told me "shut up"

Could be that I spoke the same amount both times

Seriously though, I tend to adhere to "loose lips sink ships" (united states navy) and "actions speak louder than words"

Instead of "if you see something, say something" Bay Area Rapid transit

Most lil dipshits talk too much and too loudly and there are too many of them

And they are talking about things that are not particularly fascinating, relevant, or valuable



It gets on my nerves when they have the nerve to squeak "huh" and "what", like they are the etiquette equivalent of "excuse me"


So it is just easier to not talk, so ass holes do not have to say "what?"

And they are so enthusiastic


Former counselor Jeanne Courtney had the nerve to tell me to ask the dogs owner "is she friendly?".

Jeanne acted like she invented the world's latest greatest scientific invention


But dog owners already answer that question


Situational versus dispositional






f**k lil dipshits that take their dogs off leash, put clothes on their dogs and call their dogs "he" and "she". Instead of "it"

I'm talkative around my friends and acquaintances but not around my family.

Yes AND No.

More to do with mood and my recent experiences than who's currently around.
I can be talkative to a stranger, as much as I can be silent to someone very close. The latter is just easier to do.

And yes, I can be too talkative of a chatterbox or too silent enough to be mistaken for a mute.

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It really depends on the situation. I noticed I got these sort of energy "highs" in high school where I could talk quite a lot and be very silly and not really care what people thought (which is weird considering I'm socially anxious), but then suddenly I'd get "down" and be mostly quiet after that. Otherwise I'm not really that talkative, but obviously I talk to my friends quite a bit (even though I don't always talk a lot with them). When I was between 12-15 I had very social "friends" and they made me come to all these hangouts with people I didn't know. I barely said anything at all, so those strangers would always say things like "why don't you talk?" or "why are you so quiet?" and I didn't know what to respond so I just said either "I don't know" or "I have nothing to say". Or they would just act like I wasn't even there. Even one of my "friends" I had then used to get angry with me when I was too quiet at recess, but I just didn't know what to say! She even abandoned me at the school dance, because I was apparently too boring and quiet.

Nowadays I have two awesome friends though and they don't judge me or get angry with me if I don't talk all the time.

When I was a kid I don't remember too much, but I was probably pretty quiet in school when I wasn't talking to my friends at the time. My mom has told me though, that when I had friends over at our house I would talk non stop sometimes. She could only hear my voice talking, so I was probably bossing over my friends lol.

I am pretty much non verbal most days except for a few mumbles to myself here and there. I live alone and have zero friends so no contact with people most days. When I have the rare visitor or talk on the phone (IF I know you VERY well) I will talk quite a bit to get all the words I have stuffed in my brain out. That is maybe once a week at most and usually every couple of weeks that I have an actual meaningful conversation with someone. And that's usually one of my kids so they get an ear full. I wear earbuds in public to make sure I won't have anyone randomly trying to talk to me. If they do and I can hear them over the music, I just pretend to not hear them unless they make it very clear that they need to speak to me. Normally they just give up and I go about my business.