'Dialogues Unfolded'

I come from a very talkative family. A family where, for example, Sunday lunch with coffee and dessert is followed by hours of conversation about current topics. We are loud, and fast, sometimes it takes a real effort to get the word... - we all love to talk a lot.😊 And although in my work I can easily give the word to others and I can listen to them attentively, privately I am a real "chatterbox," as my aunt (also a pure-bred "chatterbox"), teasingly says to me every now and then. When I dive into extensive explanations, I forget about time, the words come by themselves, and I can barely keep up with my thoughts, as I want to express them all. It's no wonder that having coffee with my best friend (an even bigger "chatterbox" than me) always takes 2 to 3 hours😊 There’s so much we have to tell to each other… Recently I’ve come across Marc Goulston's article » How to know if you talk too much «, where it says that we, “chatterboxes” like to talk an...

Alright, folks, imagine you're at a bustling café in Athens, where the Greek coffee's so strong it could start a dance-off in your mouth. I'm there, surrounded by a gang of friends, and the dialogue is as lively as a stand-up comedy gig. Maria, who has a wit sharper than Zeus's thunderbolts, looks at us and says, 'Life, my friends, is like an improv show. You never know what's coming next, but that's what makes it so hilariously unpredictable!' Yiorgos, our group's resident stand-up philosopher, chimes in, 'Maria's right. It's in these everyday dialogues that we discover life's absurdity, like when I tried that day after my dentist appointment to order a "frappé" and ended up asking for a pet. The café owner's still laughing.' We're rolling with laughter, sharing tales of office antics, like Maria's legendary printer paper chase (a true Olympic event), and Yiorgos' epic 'reply all' email disaster....