I’m not bad at talking about something but as soon as it comes to nothing I’m pretty hopeless.

What I mean is that when I have a set topic to talk about it helps guide my adhd brain and I’m usually pretty smart, funny etc but if we’re just bantering about what we’re drinking or something I find that unbelievably boring and just can’t do it for long, and I inevitably start to make it deeper. E.g talking about cocktail —> alcohol —> the neurobiology of addiction. Who the fuck wants to talk about that? I do. I find that shit interesting. A lot more interesting than just talking about different cocktails.

The issue is thats not sexy and trivial banter is where critical rapport is built, and a lot of women don’t seem to want to have structured conversation on dates, frankly they don’t want to have to think too hard, whereas I find with conversations the deeper the better.

That’s just been my experience, maybe I just haven’t met my equivalent yet.

But I’d like to get better at mindless banter because though I hate it, I really think I need it.

What do you guys think?