I just had a rather enjoyable talk on the phone with one of my friends. For most girls, this isn’t particularly noteworthy, but I thought it was pretty weird because I hate talking on the phone. I don’t know even know why I hate it; it’s not like I ever had a traumatic telephone-related incident when I was a kid. I just tend to freeze up whenever I’m holding a telephone in my hand.

A lot of my phone calls are punctuated by awkward silences, usually initiated by me. This causes whoever I’m talking to to think that I’m doing something else and not paying attention, but most of the time, I’m actually just sitting there, staring into space. I listen. I just don’t talk. It’s rather pathetic, if I do say so myself, but it seems I’ll always be that way.

Still, I feel kind of bad for being such a terrible phone conversationalist. I hardly ever call anyone “to chat,” so whenever I’m on the phone, it’s usually because someone called me. And I’m pretty sure no one wants to call someone just to spend every other minute in silence. :(

So… for all of you phone addicts, what exactly keeps you on the phone for so long?