Getting to Know You

Or at least, getting to know someone.

I am the world's worst at "small talk". And, for pity's sake, do NOT ask me what I'm thinking. Do that and you're likely to get back some pseudo-intellectual gobbledygook about patterns of language and how we mimic our significant other. No, seriously, I actually found myself thinking about that when I watched a friend completely change his speech patterns after getting married. And, I've noticed the same thing with my own speech patterns.
See? It doesn't take much for me to get off on a tangent. Also, I think of myself as painfully shy, though I know my friends don't perceive me that way. Meeting people and getting to know them is extremely difficult for me. Though, oddly, I'm now on my second marriage, so I managed to get to know at least two people well enough to marry them. I only got to know one well enough to stay married, though, for whatever that's worth.
In any case, I know I'm not the only person who has these issues. I know because I read things on the internet. Things like this article at FashionBeans titled "99 Get To Know You Questions, From First Date To Happily Ever After". The article briefly talks about the pressure of conversation while dating, but then offers a solution; 99 questions to start conversations with a date or partner.
Frankly, that seems like the perfect topic just before a weekend. And, hey, no need to restrict some of these questions to just someone you're dating or planning to marry! Take a look and see if you feel brave enough to ask your friends what their biggest fear is or what they're most grateful for in life or one of the many other questions they suggest.

And, in any case, have a great weekend!