Quiet or talkative?

@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
December 20, 2010 1:37pm CST
When I was a child I was very shy and quiet and I often wished that I were more outgoing or better at talking to other people. Now I often wish that I were better at keeping my mouth shut Yesterday I talked to someone, I talked too much and I revealed too much about myself, I kind of regret that now, but it is too late. I know that I am too talkative sometimes. My husband is also very talkative and we ofte joke about that. Are you quiet or talkative? Have you always been that way or were you different when you were younger? When you want to express your thougths, do you find talking easier than writing or writing easier than talking?
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• Oman
20 Dec 10
I've always been in the middle I guess. I mean, I'm not what you can call talkative, but I'm not extremely shy either. It just depends on who I'm talking to and what we're talking about. If I know the topic, I tend to speak more than I usually do, but if I know only little, I speak little as well. When I was younger, my parents said I used to be the star of family gatherings 'cause I love to sing and really join in the fun, and people remember me for being that bubbly kid. I find writing my thoughts/feelings are easier than saying them out loud. There's something about the written word that really allows me to put my feelings into words exactly the way I want them to be understood. SO writing does it for me, although I have no problem speaking either.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Dec 10
I also tend to talk more when I know the topic. Some of my friends and family members are very interested in topics that I don't know much about and when they discuss those things I tend to remain quiet, because I am don't know what to say about those topics. I think that writing is a good way to express thoughts and feelings and I like both writing and talking.
@nova1945 (1612)
• United States
21 Dec 10
I have always been the quiet type and found writing much easier than talking. My husband is exactly the opposite....he starts talking the minute he wakes up and does not stop until he falls asleep. It drives me nuts. I savor peace and quiet and there is very little of it in my house. He also cannot cough, sneeze, or even yawn without being very very loud about it. I can sit quietly and read a book for hours, but he has to have noise such as the TV turned up way too loud (he is hard of hearing) and will repeat things over and over as a habit. I think he just loves to hear the sound of his own voice. Besides when one talks so much one tends to reveal things to others without thinking that should be kept personal until the other is fully trusted.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
25 Dec 10
Your husband and my husband seems to have a lot in common. My husband is also very, very talktative (more talktative than me) and he talks from the moment he walkes up until he goes to bed. If he goes to bed before I do he keeps on talking (or shouting) to me from the bedroom, because he can't stop talking He also tends to repeat the same things over and over... I love him, but I find it annoying, especially when I am trying to concentrate on something and he keeps on interrupting me. He promises to keep quiet and 5 seconds later he talks again! It is quite a ironic, because my ex-boyfriend used to complain that I talked too much, and I didn't really think that it was such a big deal. Now I know how annoying it can be
@nova1945 (1612)
• United States
27 Dec 10
LOL sounds like our men are related somehow.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
21 Dec 10
I am a better listener then I am a talker. Most of the time, I do not like to say anything if I really do not have anything to say. Some people can just talk and talk and talk and they really have no meaning. However, if they just enjoy to talk, I just let them go and just sit back and maybe offer a comment here and there when they stop and take a breath. Still I am not quiet really. However, I am not all that talkative. I think I can adapt enough to adjust my behavior and habits around the people. If I am in the room with a lot of heavy talkers, I just know that I'm not gong to get in a word edgewise, so it is not really advised to try. I think when I was younger, I might have tried, but now I am more reserved and at peace with my own talking abilities. Really that is what its all about in the end.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Dec 10
That is a good point. I think it is important to learn to accept yourself the way that you are. Some people are great listeners and some people talk more than they listen, and some people can talk for hours without saying anything like we used to say about one of the Danish politicians. He was extremely good at using lots of words without really saying anything.
@Arteta (77)
21 Dec 10
i always thought the phrase was "edgeways" not edgewise. In fact i think i am correct. Edgewise doesn't even make sense. Yes sometimes its better to listen to other people talk, but not if they're talking bullogne.
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@ivancdp (73)
• Brazil
21 Dec 10
Haha thats interesting. Ive never been really communicative. Thats one of my biggest problems, Im really shy and quiet. Thats why I was an exchange student, so I could drop that and start being more talkative. If I didnt talk to people there, Id have no friends and that would suck, I had no choice. I think It really helped me, I recommend to every shy people out there to become an exchange student, no matter what country you want to go to, youll come back a lot more talkative, I guarantee
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Dec 10
It is great to hear that it helped you to become an exchange student. My friend has experienced the same thing as you. She was very shy and she decided to spend one year abroad. That helped her become more talkative and open. Like you say you don't really have a choice in that situation, because if you don't force yourself to talk to others you would get very lonely. Which country did you go to?
@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
21 Dec 10
I was also very shy and quiet when I was a child,but as I grew up I began to communicate more and more.There are moments when I talk a lot,especially when I'm in the company of people I trust and which share the same interests as me,but I can also be very quiet with some people,at least until one of us manages to break the ice.My disposition to talk also depends on more general factors,like my state of mind at that moment;if I am satisfied with the way things are going,I find it very easy to talk with almost everyone.Generally,I think it's easier for me to express myself orally,although I also enjoy writing,as you can see.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Dec 10
I reognize the things you wrote about the company of people that you trust and people who share the same interests as you. In those situations I also tend to talk a lot. When I am with people who share one of my interests for instanse travelling I can talk for hours. I love to hear about people's experiences in other countries and I love to talk about the places that I have visisted or dream about visiting. I also love to talk about books and art
• Austria
21 Dec 10
I am a person who actually doesn't talk so much, I am better in writing, and I like it more to write SMS than to call my friends. When I was young, I talked more, and I was more open. But when I got about 16, I became more and more silent. Sometimes I just don't know what to say if there are many people around me talking or discussing about something, I sometimes have troubles to find arguments. On the other hand, if I am together with my best friends, then I act completely different, then I can be communicative and talk very much because I know that my interests interest my friends and fiece versa. But nevertheless, I like to be on parties or to go out with friends or family members and even spend the half night in restaurants or pubs, I like it if the atmosphere is good.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Dec 10
I have experienced the opposite situation. I gradually got more open and talkative once I got older. Today I like to talk, but I also enjoy writing and I often send text messages or emails instead of calling people. I think it is nice that we have many different kinds of communication today so that we can choose the way that we prefer. I also like to go out with friends or visit restaurants or pubs, and I wish I were able to do those things more often.
• Italy
21 Dec 10
I am a shy type of person from my childhood, i am a better listener than a speaker. I am quite type of person and what i think my this quality helps me to understand other peoples very well, like you said here you talked so much and revealed many things about yourself. I give chance to other to speak more and more and in this way i learn more and more about their personality.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Dec 10
It is great that you are a good listener. Many people talk more than they listen and I think that it is important to be able to listen to other people as well. It is true that you learn more about people's personality by listening to them. I was very shy when I was younger and that made me a good listener and a good observer, because I didn't talk much, I mostly listened to other people.
• Singapore
21 Dec 10
I was always a quiet person and kept to myself at all times. I will be wary of strangers and not talk to them too much and in primary school, I had few friends. But when I went to high school, I made a lot more friends and all of them were good. Whenever I'm with my closest friend, we'll talk a lot more, in fact, slightly more. The both of us are quiet people, unless he or I start a topic and then from there, we start to talk. Well, for me, writing is easier for me to express my thoughts and I like that more. As for now, I am a bit more talkative and am more open. I think it's due to the environment around me that changed me. It changed my friend too!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
It sounds like high school was a big change for you. Sometimes a new environment makes a lot of difference. I used to be very quiet, too and I didn't have a lot of friends when I was at school. When I was with my friends I also less quiet than I was at school. My friends found it a little strange, that there was so a big difference in my behaviour, but I think that I felt more comfortable when I was with a small group of people that I knew pretty well.
@jugsjugs (12967)
20 Dec 10
I have always been a very talkative person and it has helped me over the years.I worked with alot of elderly people in three nursing homes and to do a job like that you have to be very out going and extreamly talkative.There are times where as now i am very talkative, but i do not tend to let things slip out about all the things that are going on in my life.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
I agree with that. I have also worked in nursing homes and in home health care teams, and it makes things a lot easier if you are open, talkative and able to talk to many different kinds of people. When I was still very shy I never imagined that I would get a job like that, but when I started working with people I discovered that it was much easier for me to talk to different kinds of people that I imagined. I really enjoyed talking to the people I met and I enjoyed listening to their stories.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
20 Dec 10
I was very shy as a child. I would run and hide when company came to the house. It wsd not until high school that I became more outgoing. Over the years that shy little girl has disappeared and the talkative woman took her place.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
That sounds a lot like my own story I was also very shy when I was a child, but I am much more open and talkative as an adult. Today I enjoy meeting new people and trying many different things, and I enjoy jobs where I work with people and meet many different kinds of people.
• United States
21 Dec 10
I'm a quiet person since I am shy and always been like that since I was a kid. Of course I can be talkative also, but the only way I'm talkative is if I know that person for awhile already or is a family member. I have a cell phone and I mostly text than talk over the phone since I hate talking over the phone. I feel so much comfortable texting, sending messages by email, sending messages in Facebook, etc. But talking, I would just look at you, listen to you talk, smile, and if you ask me a question I will answer it, but stay quiet again.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
Today there are many different forms of communication: We can send text messages, emails etc if we prefer that instead of talking on the phone, and I think it is nice that those things exist and that we have a choice. When I was a child and a teenager there were no internet and no cell phones, so when we needed to talk to someone we had to call them. I was very shy and I didn't like talking on the phone. It would have been so much easier for me to send text messages or emails instead, and I understand what you mean when you say that you feel more comfortable using that kind of communication.
• Indonesia
21 Dec 10
n an effort to mature us, one of the first steps that we must learn is how to become a person capable of maintaining good oral care as well and correctly. As we spoke the Holy Prophet, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak the truth or shut up.", The hadith narrated by Bukhari. 1. Silent Types Indeed it is still very diverse causes and effects. There is the silence so golden, but there is also a problem with silence instead. It all depends on the intent, manner, circumstances, also the condition on themselves and their environment. Here we can see the kinds of silence: a. Silent Fool That is silent because it does not know what to say. This could be due to a lack of knowledge and ketidakmengertiannya, or weakness of understanding and other disability reasons. But this silence is much better and safer than force myself to speak knowledgeably. b. Silent Lazy Silent type is bad, because when people need a rest at his word, he was reluctant to talk because they feel are not in the mood, no appetite or lazy. c. Silent Arrogant It also includes a negative silence because he was being silent on the assumption that people who do not talk to my level. d. Silent treasonous This silence was a bad person because he is quiet to harm other people. Silence in times of need the testimony of the saving is still an evil. e. Angry Silence Shut up like this it's good and bad adapula, good is better preserved than face the cruel words would be more muddy atmosphere. However, bad news is that he intends not to seek a solution but to show his wrath, so perhaps this silence is also added to the problem. f. Main Silence (Silent Active) The meaning of silent virtue is to be quiet thought and reflection results from the intention which led to the conviction that acting ith restraint (silent) then it will become more serious benefits besardibanding by talking. 2. Keutaam Shut Off a. Saving Problem By selecting an active silence, we'll save the words likely to cause problems. b. Save the Sin With active then the chances of slipping quietly into dosapun thinning words, avoid the mistakes that caused the wrath of God's word. c. Always Awake and Quiet Heart With active silence means the heart will awake from riya, ujub, takabbur or various other liver diseases that will solidify and turn off our hearts. d. More Wisdom With active means we become silent pesdengar and a good observer, is expected in the face of anything the problem, its understanding is far more mendaam so that any decision-making is far more wise and sensible. e. Wisdom Will Appear Last but not least, people who can hold themselves with an active silence is bercahayanya qolbu, provide ideas and brilliant ideas, wisdom guidance from God swtakan blanketed the liver, oral, and the attitudes and behavior. f. More charismatic Without realizing it, attitude and appearance of people who still active will generate its own authority. People will become more reluctant to trick or underestimate. In addition, the active silence is an effort to refrain from several things, such as: 1. Silence of the word lie 2. Silence of vain words 3. Silence of spontaneous comments and remarks 4. Silence of the word excessive 5. Silence of grievances 6. Silence of the intentions and ujub riya 7. Silence of the words that hurt 8. Silence of the wise guy and smart
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
Thank you for your long and detailed response. I understand the things you wrote about the silent types, but I don't understand the last part (keutaam shut off) Could you try to explain it again? Thanks
• Philippines
20 Dec 10
I'm really talkative. i always get scolded at class because i talk too much. the only thing is I'm not that talkative to a person I'm not comfortable with yet. i have a so-so conversation with people i just met. well, in expressing my thoughts, i find it better if i just write it down on a piece of paper. it's not that writing is easier than talking, it's just for safety 'cause i might spill something when i talk. ha ha ha.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Dec 10
I had the opposite problem when I was at school. Most of my teachers thought that I was too quiet, and they told me to talk instead of being quiet all the time. Now people sometimes criticise me for talking too much. I have some days where I am really talkative and where I can just talk and talk
@Arteta (77)
21 Dec 10
Well people change as they grow up lol, as you did apparently. I don't like talking to much. People who talk to much, is a sign they aren't very wise. The wisest people only speak when they need to. I stay quiet and talk when i want to or need to. It also depends what company i am in as well.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Dec 10
In that case I am not as wise as I used to be In some situations I think it is good to be talkative for intanse if you have a job where you meet have many different kinds of people or where you talk to many different kinds of people, but sometimes it is not a good thing to talk too much. The situation which inspired me to make this discussion happened a few days ago. I regret talking to much, I should have kept quiet instead, but it is too late now and I can't change it, I can only try to learn from the situation.
@zapatee (477)
• Philippines
20 Dec 10
like you, i was a shy and quiet kid. growing up, i learned to be a little bit friendly. even as i and most people i know or come across with still consider me quiet, i can be very talkative when i meet people i find very easy to talk with. with old friends and family, i can talk lengthily since im already comfortable with them. to a certain extent, my kind of work and exposure to different kinds of people, situations, and environment also contributed to my being more open and friendly. but i kinda feel that i still have that old shy and quiet personality i had when i was a kid, especially when im around new people and new environments, lol.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Dec 10
You write that your work has made you more open and friendly. I experienced the same thing when I was working in the home health care team. I visited a lot of different patients and I talked to many different kinds of people that way. When I was still very shy and quiet I didn't think that I would be able to have a job like that, but after a while I discovered that I had become much better at talking to all kinds of people.
• Philippines
21 Dec 10
I don't really know if I was a talkative or a shy child when I was young. Can't remember that much. Now, as a grown up person, I do not really reveal myself to strangers that much. I can say that I am talkativce but infront of people who knows me. I would be quiet when I know that I need to be quite and the social environment I am in requires formality and less talking. ;) When I am in an emotional turmoil, I would rather my heart's out into writing. It is easier to vent up for me to write things even if it is nonsense. It is like my mind is in trance when dealing with my feelings. When I am angry, it is very difficult to contain my feelings inside, so I would rather shut up than say things that is vey harsh.
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
I am an introverted person. I have always been shy. I am not usually the first to open a conversation specially in the midst of strangers. I am more of a listener in a conversation and would once in awhile utter some words. But I can be open to my friends or to people I am very much comfortable with. I can easily express my thoughts easier in writing than in talking.
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• Calgary, Alberta
20 Dec 10
I'm only talkative here in mylot but in person I was quiet and creepy. I was very quiet. I think you will notice lots of goths are quiet.When i talk people thinks right way that i am dumb because I sound like a surfer dude, My voice and appearance are just contradicting thats why I am usually quiet but I do talk to my friends and people who knows me.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Dec 10
Sometimes the appearance and the voice lead to different impressions of a person. I have experienced that as well and sometimes people get the wrong impression of me and think that I am different from the way I really am. I sometimes wonder how they get that impression, but I guess it is something about my appearance.
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