To chat or not to chat

I took the bus home from work yesterday. From the elevated viewpoint standing on the bus, I was able to look into the cars passing by rather clearly.

I did a random count of couples in their vehicles who were talking to each other, or not. The overall result was encouraging – 50%-50%.

There were couples in the cars with stoic and bored expressions. They were clearly not engaged with each other, not talking, just staring ahead at the road. There were 8 that I saw.

The other 8 which I saw told a different story.

There were varying degrees of conversations going on.

• One was sharing content on the iPhone,

• A few were talking casually – their postures were relaxed, both leaned back into their seats but talking and glancing at each other.

• Two were talking animatedly – with gesticulated arms & big smiles (that was very nice),

• And one car had kids in the back and the entire family was bouncing around (not literally).

Which kinda couple are you?

I’m hoping that those couples not talking with each other are chilling but happy to be with each other. After all, it takes a certain level of closeness to be able to sit side-by-side in comfortable silence. But my preference is to be the happy one! To be engaged in conversations always, to be laughing and sharing and communicating always!

Are we?