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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you and your  spouse  talk about?
Over dinner?
In the car? Or whatever,  wherever..

That is not about your kids,  house repair issues,  the pets. 
Or, do you not really talk, and why is that?[/quote]

Married 34 years & together 38 years. We talk about everything. First, by taking kids/house repair/pets off the table, that's a good 30% of our conversation, to be honest. But we love mulling over these things, as we have four grown kids who provide ample discussion fodder. Our dog has got to be half of that 30%. She's a joy.

But for the other 70% - let's see. Our finances, my mom, trips to take, current events, movies, books, what we see on bike rides and window shopping, our aches and pains (this is probably a good 5%), philosophical questions about life, the universe, and everything. Tonight we'll go out to dinner and have a talk about this thread.[/quote]

Married 40+ years (married young while I was still in undergrad, did grad school while married) and I am thankful every day that I met my DH. And I have always felt that way. We talk about much of what this PP and her DH talk about. Funnily enough, DCUM provides a decent amount of fodder, since there are always so many different topics. (An interesting side note, I think, that in a world of so many varied opinions, we tend to agree on issues, which I think might be the heart of a good relationship.)

We talk a lot about our work (we both still work and love what we do.) Books. The world. Finance. Goals. A lot about our work outs and how to be proactive with health. We both love researching any given topic.

Our kids have interesting jobs, and we like to stay current in their individual spaces so that if they ever talk about it, we can discuss. Definitely driven by them, not us. And we make sure we always let them be the experts, which they are. Basically, if they do ever talk about their work, we don't act like know-it-alls just because we read about it.

I think as a different PP said, we also are happy to sit together in silence while we catch up on email/read/research/whatever. [/quote]

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