I have never been good at casual conversation. It always boils down to bullshit or something really trite. I try my hardest but it doesn't come natural to me so I just end up very quite. In person it usually not a problem with people I know. But over the phone it really gets to me. Last week I called my grandfather to wish him a happy birthday and the whole call took less than 2 minutes. Conversations with my parents usually boil down to me listening while they talk and then I get agitated when they take up more than 10 minutes of my time. The problem is I don't have anything better to do. But I always feel bad and say to myself that I should treat people with more respect.
Just now my girlfriend called at the mall. I left her apartment about 3 hours ago and haven't done anything since I got home except uploaded a video to the internet and made a pizza. She called and we talked for a bit but then we didn't have much to talk about. We talk all the time when we are together. The conversation on the phone didn't amount to much and eventually she said "Tell me a story." What the hell am I supposed to do? I just saw her earlier and I have done anything worth talking about. I feel bad but at the same time I hate all the little bullshit conversations people have. I just cant come up with anything to talk about.
