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bhappy3 · 03-12-2008, 09:29 AM

My husband is a truck driver, and his schedule is all sorts of messed up... we don't have a schedule and can't plan a thing b/c he learns of his next dispatch at 9:30 in the AM for the following day, starting at midnight. It's tough. But we're making it work, and he often talks about stuff he sees on the road (like the lot lizard that tried to pick him up the other week). I used to work in a grocery store and am now driving a school van. I went from drama central to talking about Littlest Pet Shop, so I think that is taking a major toll on our relationship with not so much drama and no adult conversation to talk about. But things are going to change b/c I'm about to go to school for nursing... I'm sure there will be plenty to talk about then again.

It just seems I don't know how to talk. If I have a conversational partner who is talking with me, I can talk, but when I get around other people like me who don't say much, we stand around staring at the ground shuffling our feet. I just wish I could come up with SOMEthing to say.

Thanks you guys for your input. =)

03-12-2008, 09:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
bhappy3 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 156	Re: How to talk My husband is a truck driver, and his schedule is all sorts of messed up... we don't have a schedule and can't plan a thing b/c he learns of his next dispatch at 9:30 in the AM for the following day, starting at midnight. It's tough. But we're making it work, and he often talks about stuff he sees on the road (like the lot lizard that tried to pick him up the other week). I used to work in a grocery store and am now driving a school van. I went from drama central to talking about Littlest Pet Shop, so I think that is taking a major toll on our relationship with not so much drama and no adult conversation to talk about. But things are going to change b/c I'm about to go to school for nursing... I'm sure there will be plenty to talk about then again. It just seems I don't know how to talk. If I have a conversational partner who is talking with me, I can talk, but when I get around other people like me who don't say much, we stand around staring at the ground shuffling our feet. I just wish I could come up with SOMEthing to say. Thanks you guys for your input. =) __________________ :