‘When in doubt throw the conversation to Tracey, she’ll bail us out, she’s chatty!’
It’s funny how subtle tactics can be employed to avoid an awkward silence.
I think we fear the silence because it can mean a lack of chemistry, an absence of rapport and the uncomfortable truth that these two individuals don’t get on.
That’s at least what the worst case scenario generator tells us is happening anyway.
Whether it’s true or not is another story.
Who knows, your conversation partner might have just had tongue surgery and doesn’t feel like causing themselves agonising pain?
Thomas Duggan 