Myself

As long as you are not the one who starts the conversation, then that is fine. Because if you are, then you obviously want to talk to people & you should ask them questions about themselves.

@Rachel I never start conversation with people. I don't really like talking to people unless forced into a conversation.

You just need to fine your kind of friends or tell the person upfront how talking is a struggle to you mama

You can hmu if you want. Tell me I said I’d give you my number and you can text me whenever. I only talk to my daughter(s) too but have been in mommy groups and stuff now. I’ve got a couple of life long friends that are similar too. They just listen to me talk/text for ever or ask me things. I try to keep it mutual cause I feel bad like I’m taking over sometimes but they just say I’m a professional yapper & they’re my professional listener 😂 I’ll find anything random to go on about if I’m tryna talk. But you don’t have to be alone ❤️ you just need people/someone to get you

People get annoyed with me, because I don’t ask questions about them as well. I just kinda talk and hope they jump in with their own experiences—that’s how I am accustomed to most conversations going. I mean, I ask questions (of course), but that’s not how I rely on conversation flowing. I’m from the US and my family is Brazilian. We are conversationalists, but not big on asking questions (if that makes sense). Since moving to the UK, I have a hard time talking to British people as they expect you ask to them questions about them or else they do not share, which is weird to me.

How to overcome this is invite mums to a place with a lot of walking, a lot of stimulation around for the kids and let the person know, you’re not much of a talker but you’d still like mum friends and just want COMPANY, taking the kids out together. I’ve gone places like aquarium or museum or zoo w other mums and we’re literally walking side by side, together and just talking to the kids about what they see “ohhh look at that stingray he’s HUGE!” “Aww look how cute that monkey is” etc. but we’re not talking, we’re just spending the day together. Or the park where they just run around and play and you’re watching them and enjoying and following them (while they play w the other mums’ kids) Avoid sit down brunches and dinners for this reason.

@Kellie only thing near me is a gas station and I don't know any moms where I live.