[GH85Carrera]

My wife's family just talks very little. I married into that family 30 years ago. We went on a ski trip to Colorado, and we often went over an hour without anyone saying anything.

One time we all walked into a restaurant in silence, and the waitress seated us and then asked are you guys in a really bad mood or something? I replied this is the silent family. They don't talk much. I am the new guy that married into the family.

My wife and I have ridden in the car for two hours and the first words were about where to stop to pee. With her, after dating for a year, and being married for 30 years we have heard each others stories and unless something new comes up, we don't just try to find something to talk about. Silence is OK.

The one thing I had to be careful about was when she was mad at me, and "not talking to me", it took me a while to figure out I had done something wrong. Then she got really mad when I told her I was going to the local store to buy some fruit and did not get her some milk. She did not say a word, and got even madder at me because I failed to buy milk. I had no idea she needed milk, and she would not say anything, and I have not yet learned to read her mind.