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By *ack688 OP Man
over a year ago
abruzzo Italy (and UK) |
I just went to the supermarket and told the cashier I didn’t need any bags and that was the first time I had needed to actually speak since Monday afternoon. A non speaking day is quite common for me, once or twice a week probably, but 72 hours was longer than normal. Not that they bother me.
So, how often do you have non speaking days? Do you ever have them? Would it bother you? Would it feel like a nice break or would it be weird for you? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I love them. But with having two young children I have to answer a trillion questions a day.
Some evenings I do just sit in silence. No TV, no phone, not talking. It's nice. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are days when I want no face to face communication but force myself out to interact even if just in shop or pub
Spend most of my days alone so some offline interaction is nice |
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Living alone & working from home, I often don't speak to folk. But I talk to myself and my cat. And, worryingly, I'm started talking to various white goods & kitchen appliances....
I like it though. If I need to chat, I go out or pick up the phone x |
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I will normally have one a week, normally Friday. We have a no meeting policy in work, so no teams calls.
If I wasn't working or I worked in a different job the number would increase, but my job is a very social one. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can often go a week without talking to someone..
It all depends on how badly I have pissed off the wife that week "
She probably enjoys the peace too  |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
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A lady I worked with had regular non speaking days. She said that one day she got up and got dressed for work, she felt a bit ill but didn’t think much of it, just put it down to a cold coming on. It was when she went to get on the bus and ask for her ticket that she realised she was slurring. She got to work and the manager told her that her face looked different and that with the speech they rang her an ambulance. Turned out she’d had a stroke! She then said that when she wakes up now she makes a point of talking to herself aloud to check all is ok.
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"A lady I worked with had regular non speaking days. She said that one day she got up and got dressed for work, she felt a bit ill but didn’t think much of it, just put it down to a cold coming on. It was when she went to get on the bus and ask for her ticket that she realised she was slurring. She got to work and the manager told her that her face looked different and that with the speech they rang her an ambulance. Turned out she’d had a stroke! She then said that when she wakes up now she makes a point of talking to herself aloud to check all is ok.
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My dad realised he'd had a stroke when the same thing happened. He was just talking normally but the noises he was making were gibberish. No drooping to the face, no restriction on movement, the speech issue was the only sign. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Living alone & working from home, I often don't speak to folk. But I talk to myself and my cat. And, worryingly, I'm started talking to various white goods & kitchen appliances....
I like it though. If I need to chat, I go out or pick up the phone x"
Only a worry when your toaster replies back to you. What do you ask them |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Living alone & working from home, I often don't speak to folk. But I talk to myself and my cat. And, worryingly, I'm started talking to various white goods & kitchen appliances....
I like it though. If I need to chat, I go out or pick up the phone x
Only a worry when your toaster replies back to you. What do you ask them "
I guess you just talk about whatever pops up |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stayed a few weeks in a part of Mexico where no one spoke English and I cannot speak Spanish. It was nice just to sit and listen to others chat without knowing what was being said. |
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Oh jeez, in lockdown once I was back home fucking loads. I'd realise I'd not used my voice when I did speak and was almost shocked at the noise coming out of my mouth.
Days on end, and sometimes well over a week or 2. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Living alone & working from home, I often don't speak to folk. But I talk to myself and my cat. And, worryingly, I'm started talking to various white goods & kitchen appliances....
I like it though. If I need to chat, I go out or pick up the phone x
Only a worry when your toaster replies back to you. What do you ask them
I guess you just talk about whatever pops up "
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