Like yeah, exactly. With the right person, you can talk for hours and hours about all kinds of stuff that interests you.

My wife and I will sit in the same room for hours and never speak a word to each other. We only talk when we have something to say, and we're both happy with that relationship. My sister thinks we're crazy, but we like it quiet.

"Such weather we're having huh?"

Truly peak romance

No, we just stfu when we don't have anything interesting to talk about. It's not complicated.

My wife asks how my day was "great, or good, or whatever" then I ask how her day was she usually stops talking before bedtime. Works for both of us!

When I say "I hate small talk" I actually mean "please Shut up, Im really anxious and I don't know what to respond to you other that nodding and «Thats crazy»"

Asking someone you love "How was your day?" is a meaningful question. Small talk is bullshit time wasting between randos or acquaintances.

It's not small talk, because i actually care how my wife's day was.

after you get through all the asking each other stuff to get to know each other's histories etc phase, it's okay to just not talk all the time

Silence is bliss while doing your own hobbies together.

I absolutely love questions like this! My wife absolutely hates them. She often gets irritated when people ask questions about what you think.

Like when our therapist asked her "How do you think your actions contribute to your own unhappiness?"

I do exactly this ! Hi honey how was your day ? Kids were restless ? Ok. Does that affect your stance on education through play ? is punishment sometimes advisable ? you haven't read your copy of Foucault's Discipl.... hey where are you going ?... baby ??

Not spelled like that, no.

Small talk is the equivalent of dogs sniffing each others ass. The topic isn't really the point, it's just a quick and easy way to gauge another person's mood and attitude towards you. It's a skill worth developing. And I say this as someone with social anxiety.

I REFRAIN FROM THE PRACTICE OF UTILIZING MINISCULE SPEECH. EACH AND EVERY INSTANCE OF MY EXPRESSION IS VAST AND VERBOSE AND MAXIMAL.

Being in a relationship means you can come home and totally info-dump unguarded about whatever weird thing you're contemplating and the person opposite you will be happy you're there and delighted that you're happy or sad with you if you're sad. It also means you do this for the other person with genuine interest. I don't call that "small talk".

Is or is not talking about how your days went considered small talk? I literally don't know now. I'd say it's small talk.

Small talk is a way to gauge someone's mood before going for the bigger discussions

ITT we ask the autistic to self identify

Literally yes.

So, you just HAVE to talk?

Do you hate silence?

if you're in a relationship you can just hug instead of small talk

The real answer is it doesn't matter. I feel like I have free will hence I have free will for all meaningful intents and purposes.

Neither argument can be proven and even if it's an illusion, it's strong enough to make the truth irrelevant.

Why does the image look like AI generated? How the letters are so fucked up?

Id rather discuss that than what someone did last weekend tbh.

These kinds of philosophical questions are easily defeated by asking "does it matter though?"

Hey baby I brought home some dinner-
“Husband. Thy presence brings thoughts of philosophical questions.”
Alright. I’m just gonna eat this burrito though.

Meaningful.

The clue is in meaningful.