When the conversation gets dry, how do you find out what to talk about?
Put ChatGPT on your phone and stealth ask it for icebreakers for conversations. 
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Seems I’m doing everything chatgpt says, but open ended questions. Things like eye contact, actively listening and remaining calm are fine… maybe just low self esteem is my problem. Thanks for the reply @anon82948922
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You wouldn’t be getting married if there was something REALLY wrong with your social skills, so it’s likely more of a self-esteem issue. 
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What you do for fun @anon82948922 @anon67051439
Not me my sister, I’m single mingle stage still
Oooof. Well, that’s embarrassing. I am glad to hear that you’re not marrying your sister, though.
Nah not the case here, don’t really care who Marty’s who, that’s up to them! You’re already married I take it?
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Oh yes. You should see my list of chores for the weekend.
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So I take it you have no fun @anon82948922
Oh, I do. But complaining is also fun for married guys.
This weekend I have to help my daughter change the oil in her car, my wife and I are canning more tomatoes, and I am helping her update her website for her consulting business. Sunday morning we are taking our escooters into Calgary to ride the river trails and we’re packing a picnic.
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Pretty exciting stuff… how many kids do you have? You must love them a lot… I’m in a phase stage that keeps me from feeling bored
I’ve got one and she just turned 22. She’s doing her last year of her degree; Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing. This is not surprising. We sent her to a camp for young entrepreneurs when she was 14. They had something called the Lemonade Game. The goal was for each kid to start their own lemonade stand. One group had water, one had lemons, and one had sugar (my kid’s group). They needed to barter with each other to get the raw ingredients to run their stand.
MY daughter realized that there were lemons and water in the kitchen, so her group bartered with the kitchen staff. Lemons and water for slave labour two nights in a row. My kid’s group kept all the sugar and did an end run around the other two groups with their black-market lemons and water. The other two groups couldn’t run their stands at all. The Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp changed its rules for their flagship training game the following year because my kid is a total weasel.
AND NOW SHE’S GOING INTO BUSINESS.
I worry that someday I’ll be watching the news and I"ll see her getting perp-walked out of an office building for some Ponzi scheme.
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This has diverted from my original post to something else… I hope I don’t have to work for your daughter!
I’m so sorry! Getting back to the original topic, I hope the wedding goes well.
My daughter won’t be there if that helps.
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Does your partner know you have sz?
Yes, I told her the third week we were dating (I’m pretty sure). We have been married for 23 years.
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That’s some craz* shi*… you give me some hope… I don’t want kids but a missus, that would be crazy
After not really talking to anyone but my mom for 12 years (and never having been great at social skills anyway) i have no idea. If i have to talk to someone like a doctor I just say nothing and let the other person say something. People dont like silence. They come up with something eventually. But theyre the easy ones. Doctors like asking questions and i can give answers. Conversation is something way different.
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I hadn’t planned on having a daughter, but it worked out well. I love her and am very proud of my weasel. As to keeping big secrets from a spouse or potential spouse, don’t. Little things like a surprise birthday party, sure, but never the important stuff.
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