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[quote=Anonymous]Because of limited exposure to people to talk with and to.

Most normal adults have multiple interactions.  You might talk to other parents at the bus stop, or you talk to other adults when you stop for coffee.  You have coworkers or you bump into another person in the supermarket and chat, etc.  You have multiple interactions throughout the day.  And you may tell one anecdote to person A, tell about something that happened to you yesterday or this morning to person B, chat about something important to you to person C.  Throughout the day, you have many interactions and you spread it out.

Now typical seniors are not out and about much.  And they don't have many people to talk to.  So, when they finally get a chance to talk to someone, they talk about the various things that they've had no other opportunity to talk about.  They will prioritize talking about themselves.  When you talk to many people, you can talk about ice-breaker topics like the weather, current events, books, TV shows, sports, etc.  But when you only talk to 1-2 people in a day, like most seniors, they want to talk about what is foremost on their minds, and that is themselves or their ailments.  They've had no one else to talk to about these topics and these topics are first and foremost on their minds.

OP, it's so nice of you to spend the time with your neighbor.  Without you, she'd have even less opportunity to socialize with anyone or have anyone to talk to.  Most humans are social creatures and need at least some, minimal human interaction.[/quote]

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