To a lot of people I am known as the talker who usually carries on the conversation and who can talk on and on about anything. Throughout the week and the weekend, I didn't do any major act to disturb the norm of people in my life. However, last week, while my roommate was doing her homework and I was getting ready to go to my volunteer position, I asked her how she was doing, how her family was doing, how her classes and homework was coming along and many more questions relating only to her. As she talked, I just listened very closely and observed without talking back besides replying from here and there.
As our conversation was coming to an end, she stopped and asked me why I was asking her so many questions and why I wanted to know so much. By this time I was chuckling a little to myself because I was pretty convinced from the questions I asked her that I sounded like a total creep, so I told her that I wanted to ask not because I was stalking her but just because I felt that I wanted to catch up with her and how life was treating her.
My roommate and I are very close, however, I caught her off guard when I didn't talk as much and just listened patiently. It was really interesting to listen rather than talk because it showed me another side to being quiet. In addition, I was able to observe my roommate and learn more about the way she thinks and take things in. From this experience, I didn't disturb the norm of society but the norm of my life.
Because I didn't talk as much as I usually did, my roommate tried normalizing the situation by asking me why I'm asking so many questions about her and from this experience, I liked how it was something out of the unusual to do because I was able to catch her off guard. Furthermore, I don't think it was an uncomfortable task because I enjoy learning from different perspectives.
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