Oh, I can talk all right...but dh, dd, and ds decided they don't want to hear any more about my friends or the posts online the different boards I am on, or other ppl that they don't know/don't care about.

How much can you discuss dinner and Shabbos, after all! I started learning Megilas Rus, but they didn't know the answers to my ques so I had to post them here anyway !!!!

It's been very quiet at home lately ................

so read.

How about talking about them, and about what's going on in their lives?

when I want to discuss something we've been discussing here, I say something like, "I heard of a girl who goes to shul three times a day, what do you think of that?" and often bring in perspectives mentioned here as per responses.
Or if it's a dvar torah say, "There's a beautiful dvar Torah I saw somewhere today..." and say it.
Or if it's an obscure halacha, "Did you know there's a halacha that people shouldn't look at their menus on Shabbos?"


(edit: and like someone said, discuss their lives. What do they like to talk about?)

I have NEVER once discussed H.com at the Shabbos Table, and I managed to keep Shabbos for MANY years before H.com even existed.

What did you do before H.com? Or even before the internet?? Maybe if you spent less time here and more time doing stuff you would have what to discuss

Maybe they just don't like you...

they like QUIET.



oh, actually, remember my (locked) post about what they DO like to discuss - blacks, the subway, and bodily functions.

Maybe we should switch families. Or maybe only talk in moderation, and then they'll become more interested. When there's a constant stream of babble, people tend to tune out...and get annoyed.

Perhaps you might remind them that they are not monks who have taken a vow of silence.