How Do You Talk?

Have you ever noticed all the different ways that people speak....the words that they use? Some have made up their own words or have their own way of saying things. I happen to love it because I think that the way that we all have different personalities is so awesome. I have a friend that does not curse but uses the words "friggin, flippin, or freakin" instead and with her New York accent it just cracks me up. I was writing a paper recently and when I proof read it I noticed that my writing skills seemed to mimic a couple of the books that I love so much, The Great Gadsby and Death of A Salesman. Wow, I wonder if I talk like it too.  LOL! There are those, however that I try to avoid. I stay away from people who talk too much. From my experience people who talk too much have serious issues. Not that we all don't have issues. But they tend to be on "some other stuff." When I'm around someone who talks too much I tend to just sit and listen. The more they talk the more I learn. You can learn so much about a person if you just listen. They don't even notice that you don't get a word in edgewise. These are the people that you can be on the phone with and walk away and come back and they never know you left! That's a one sided friendship. Then there are those who are carrying on a conversation with you and whatever issue you bring up they have to tell you about when they went through the same thing. Somehow it always becomes about them. On the other hand, I have friends that I haven't talked to in quite a while because they live out of state. We can go months without talking but when we do we don't miss a beat. We pick back up like we see each other every day. It's so nice when you can find a person to talk to where you both can talk and you both can listen and you can joke and have fun and encourage each other or meet what ever need the conversation has....especially when you know that the conversation is going to stay between the two of you if necessary.