Very valuable advice. Silence is golden, indeed. You're absolutely right. The more you open your mouth and talk meaningless things, the less people will respect you. I've noticed this so often. This even applies to online conversations. I spectacularly failed her shit test. As soon as she pressured me about the breakup I let my guard down and talked about my emotions in the hope of fixing the relationship. Now that I think about, I didn't nearly get as much information about her as she did about…