# Simple question on being quiet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-question-on-being-quiet/582511 "2011-05-19T22:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-question-on-being-quiet/582511/41 "2011-05-23T01:25:05Z")
It sounds like you need some friends and interests to entertain yourself when your husband isn’t in the mood to talk. Perhaps if you go to lunch with a friend, or do something else interesting during the day you won’t be so put off when your husband doesn’t want to be bothered. And if you aren’t always complaining or “needing to talk” about him being quiet, he might find himself in the mood to talk with you more. He can probably sense when you are annoyed/upset about his lack of talking, and that in turn makes him even quieter than he would have been. ---
**Author:** ![sangin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sangin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-question-on-being-quiet/582511/42 "2011-05-24T23:27:09Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The most chatty person I know is an only child. Even though she probably spent many hours alone as a kid, she was also probably used to being the center of attention when adults WERE around. Having adults’ undivided attention is not a trivial thing, and it’s easy to take for granted that everyone wants to hear your every wish and desire as they seemed to do when you were a kid. This is such a true thing, i did not realize this at all, though now coming to think of it, it is true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-question-on-being-quiet/582511.md?page=2)