re: Road Trip Conversation Topics

“What if c-a-t really spelled ‘dog’?”

With road trips, it's easier if the wife falls asleep right after we leave.

Being comfortable saying nothing for me was always a sign you are very comfortable around each other and the relationship is solid.

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I am thankful I'll never be stuck in a vehicle with you.

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We could keep it boring if you’d prefer. Talk about the boil on your back that you can’t reach. Or about that one time when you told that dude to meet you in the parking lot but he didn’t show up, that we will both know didn’t happen. Or your favorite color.

Or, you could jump out the door at moving speed on the highway. You’re never trapped if you’re desperate enough to escape an intimidating situation.

When do men get to pick the conversation?
Isn't every topic about her "stresses" or "struggles" of every little thing in her life?

What if we see colors differently? Like what if my red, is actually your blue?

If you came at me with these freaking HR-approved ice breaker questions, that would be the end of the relationship. Just let these flow naturally. Don’t overthink this.

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I don’t disagree with this. However, we are 4ish months into it. I enjoy learning about how people think and communicate. It’s not an interrogation with silly questions one after another. Silence fills the gaps.

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Ok, serious answer

The beauty of a new relationship is letting conversations start organically. So for instance, you’re both on the road trip and naturally you’ll have a lot to say in the first hour or so because things have happened in both your lives that the other hasn’t experienced.

Then it’ll get quiet for a while. You’ll pass many conversation starters like billboards, roadside oddities, and shite drivers, police encounters.

These will spark conversations that last a few minutes, they might even spark memories of your past that will turn into longer conversations. This process will continue until you arrive at your destination.

At no point should you be soliciting a message board (especially one as dumb as the OT) for conversations topics.

If you’re that scared that you won’t have enough to talk about to this girl, write a couple of topics down.

But in all honesty, if y’all are compatible, even in the slightest, topics will pop up naturally.

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I don’t disagree with this. However, we are 4ish months into it. I enjoy learning about how people think and communicate. It’s not an interrogation with silly questions one after another.

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Understood, I was just saying if the relationship is good and the chemistry is good the conversation is free-flowing and not forced and the silence is not awkward. Likewise if you both feel free to ask unusual or even silly questions of each other to find out more - so much the better.

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If you came at me with these freaking HR-approved ice breaker questions, that would be the end of the relationship. Just let these flow naturally. Don’t overthink this.

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It’s not “need something to talk about to have something to talk about”. I’m asking about things or topics that would probably risk internet reputation points but might help raise your “in-person” reputation points with people that exist in your actual life.

If you came at me with a resume as boring as you sound, you wouldn’t get an interview to hear the questions. Just the same as most of the rest. Nothing much to offer except a willingness to settle for whoever will settle for them. But as long as she’ll play with your balloon knot on occasion, you’ll be fine. And as long as she has an Instagram/whatever, she will be fine. Because she is talking, just not to you.