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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I don’t understand why travel should be off limits. What should people talk about? Politics is off limits, same for religion. Perhaps books? That could be seen negatively too. If food or restaurants, that may sound pretentious. Jobs may be boring ( or not, but If not, then you are bragging.). Same with children as topics…say too much you are bragging. If theirs is struggling then you are insensitive. If you love running or peloton or yoga and others don’t, again you are pretentious or smug. What is left!

For me, I do read the room. If I’m with family or friends who travel or have a similar hobby, I go with that. If I’m with childhood friends and cousins who do not have similar experiences, I try to just ask about them, their families, and recall childhood memories for a laugh.[/quote]

I'm the poor person who's never left North America. It's fun to hear about other places once or twice if people tell interesting stories, but after that I'm just hearing about far away places I'll never have enough money to go to, and people aren't talking about anything in these countries I can relate to in any way. I once spent an hour at a table listening to all the rich people talking about their favorite resorts in Mexico and Hawaii and making plans to meet up, stay at their respective condos, etc. I went to Mexico once, for a wedding, and the only thing I bought there other than food was tampons. It was very stressful to have to pay for a passport AND a dress. I can't afford Hawaii. I'd rather talk books and recipes and Netflix. I use my library card and like food and movies. I just feel completely left out.[/quote]

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