Donât Worry, You Can Learn to Talk to People Again
Soon we will no longer be trapped in our homes and skittering away from strangers. A few experts remind us how to be social again.
Credit...Miguel Porlan
April 23, 2021
After a year of isolation, there are things you start to forget. You forget how to stand in a crowded commuter train (legs apart, slight bend in the knee) or how to shimmy sheepishly past theatergoers to reach a middle seat (face away, apologize repeatedly).
And, without a constant parade of baby showers and work mixers, you forget how to talk to strangers: The witty banter, the conversational volley, the way you break the ice with âHow about this rain, huh?â instead of âSo, what do you consider your greatest failure in life?â