Sentences with phrase «about uncomfortable silences»

People forget that it's a monologue, which means no anxiety about uncomfortable silences, no missed social cues, and no keeping up with appearances.

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And all too often we hear that people are fed up with politics as usual — they don't want to hear about republicans or democrats and if they do you'll get an eerie cringe and a comment like «I don't get involved in party politics,» or «It's all rhetoric» followed by an uncomfortable silence.

A romantic dinner out can sometimes be a little daunting — what shall we talk about, will there be uncomfortable silences?

When you do eventually meet up you will already know information about them, giving you something to talk about, therefore avoiding those moments of uncomfortable silence.

Michelle Fine (1987) in her ethnographic essay on Silencing in Public Schools, details how student discourse about race and class inequities in students» lived experiences inside and outside the school were often detoured or outright shut down by teachers who were uncomfortable in discussing how societal inequities manifested themselves in students» everyday lives.