Who are your favorite people to be around?
My life revolves around conversations. I talk. A lot. And the only folks that I listen to are the spouse and younger sibling. Off late, the kids have started contributing to the conversations and while most often it’s interesting, there are times when I question my patience. My favourite people are those with who these conversations are free flowing.
If I had to order them in a line, it would be easy. Younger sibling has been an extension to my hand, forever. So, she understands every twitch. And distance makes no difference. The spouse comes very close to having similar experiences. Feels the twitch and is able to answer queries even before I voice them out. For me, they are an extension of my mind. My manifestations. They know what I am thinking. They know where to stop. They know how I will react. There is no competition there. Spouse is friend and fun, sibling is friend and fun. There is no ‘to-do’ lists that they hand over and definitely no ‘handle like so’ instructions either. No taboo topics and lots of hilarious conversations. Real. Irreverent. Trashy. Conversations. Ones that touch that deepest part of your soul. Sometimes these conversations are just a glance, a gesture and they know.
Then come the kids. All four kids. They are super funny. I love conversations with them. I keep it irreverent and hilarious. There is the rest of the world to teach them to be serious. I hope to teach them to laugh. There are no taboo topics and nothing I won’t discuss with them. There is no agenda in our conversations. When I require they understand something, I inform them that this is important and serious. But most other stuff we go on tangents and get back to points of interest. Here conversations are discussions. Discussions with friends. Fun. Hilarious. Tangential. Talking for the sake of talking. A way to work a thought through. Sometimes they don’t even know that’s what it is and those are the really enjoyable ones.
Then follows the older siblings. A little respectful, sometimes instructor led, sometimes preachy, and definitely intellectual. I try to keep up here, but sometimes, the mouth runs faster than the brain and the filters just don’t fall in place in time. You know how these conversations go, it’s serious while it’s happening, but super hilarious in retrospect. I avoid retrospection. There is no point to it. But I love a good laugh. In for a penny in for a pound, and thankfully the siblings know this.
I don’t care for intellectual conversations as much as I do about having fun. Thankfully my people know this and these serious sessions are few and far between. I don’t like meeting people or socialising. I only bother making time for the family. So my list of favourite people is going to be just them. I don’t even make the pretence of an effort to get to know anyone else.
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