Conversation Starters?

[TJ]

Okay, this is sorta board related, in that as parents, (and during the IF/TTC struggles) I feel like all we ever talk about is babies.  Now with MH being gone, and trying to sell the house and everything that is going on, all we talk about is babies and the house.  I feel like all I do is work, take care of babies, and clean the house.  With a teeny tiny bit of sleep interspersed here and there.

So... what can MH and I talk about?  My hobbies are baking and working out, neither of which I have a single moment to do these days.  I read while I pump at work, but MH is not interested in books.  His hobbies are hunting and fishing, which he can't do right now either.  And running.  (He just ran his first marathon this weekend!  So proud!)  So hobbies aren't really anything we can chat much about right now.  I don't have time to watch tv, so that's out.  There are no sports that I am into on right now, so that's out too.

Anybody got any ideas?  Bonus points if it is shorter conversations (we mostly have 10 minutes here and there) and if it's work safe (so nothing about the move and must be SFW.)  Help us please?!

[Robeano]

Sometimes for fun we talk about what we'd do if we won a million dollars.

We talk about where we'd like to travel next (like dream location)

we also do this thing where we intentionally pick a memory from our childhood (we generally pick a theme) and then we share them with each other. It has two benefits, #1, my hubby has a terrible memory so this is helping him with his recall and #2 it helps us share more information and feel closer. You find as you've been married for a while you stop talking about stuff from when you were little. But there is so much you don't know about their childhood sometimes.

[callmeal]

DH and I are, like most of us here, in the thick of having VERY little energy or time for each other. We started a "couples bucket list" of things we want to see/do together. Some of them are family things (take the kids to Disney World) and some of them are just for us (take a Viking River Cruise). It gives us something to talk about and dream about and helps to escape some of the blah-ness that settles over us sometimes.

Also, we sometimes do Highs and Lows before we fall asleep at night. It's just a quick thing to talk about the best parts and worst parts of our day.

[karabear4409]

This is a great topic. I really struggle with this. Especially as a SAHM, I feel like all I have to tell DH about at the end of the day is what R did that day.

What's on your bucket list?

What's something new that you would like to learn?

You're stuck in an elevator for four hours. What three things do you want to have with you?

What would you say to your children on their wedding day?

[smillemom]

I would want to know all about his new job and I would share job related stories with him. I love the other topics from PP... I'm not that creative. Sometimes I like to shake things up and talk about sexy things but that would be hard to accomplish at work.

[TJ]

Jan 22, 2015 10:22:18 GMT -5 smillemom said:

I would want to know all about his new job and I would share job related stories with him. I love the other topics from PP... I'm not that creative. Sometimes I like to shake things up and talk about sexy things but that would be hard to accomplish at work.

Also not really nice since we only see each other every 2 weeks.   

I wish I wanted to talk about my job.  I feel like I'm totally phoning it in lately.  I'm showing up, doing the minimum required, and going home.  I have senioritis or something, knowing I won't be here much longer.  And when he tells me about his job, I get kind of upset and jealous.  This is an issue I need to work on.  I'm jealous of the freedom he has right now to go do whatever he wants to do.  I mean, he still has to work, but his new job sounds awesome, and without having to worry about the kids or chores or anything, he's going out and doing all kinds of fun stuff, concerts, movies, dinners, casino.  Ugh.

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Is it sad that DH and i talk about tv? And we laugh about the stupid things people do in the shows, sports or whatever we're watching. Some finances, some house projects, some future date night we can't wait to take when I'm not pregnant any longer...we talk about Disney and how we can't wait to go back. We laugh a lot about things we see on fb. We also are weirdly silly so we tend to laugh and talk about the random thing the other has just done.

[k8teeintx]

@ducky719 I don't think that's sad since that's what we do, too!

My DH and I also work together, so we talk A LOT about work and our colleagues. Apart from that, we have very different hobbies/interests, so a few years back we made a concerted effort to get into some sports together. During football season we participate in fantasy football and during basketball season we follow our University's teams. This always gives us something non-work and non-kid related to talk about.