Did you ever know someone who left a lot of awkward openings in conversation? Empty spaces that you felt compelled to fill in with nervous chatter? Then worse yet, you felt like you overshared or were somehow left at a disavantage?
Yeah.
Been there, done that, won the nervous talker award.
Sometimes it’s better to just let the awkward silence hang. No matter how uncomfortable. No matter how awkward.
We need to learn to get comfortable with the pregnant pause.
Don’t let people push you to fill in the blanks.
Learn to zip your lip.
You’ll be glad you did. Because everyone hates coming away from a conversation saying “Awwww! Why did I share that?!”