Silence, I think, is awkward depending on who you are with. When I am with a group of friends and out of no where there is a silence, I cant help but think of how weird it feels. Usually something is filling the air- music, conversation, television, etc.- and when nothing is filling it, for that moment its just awkward. Everyone begins to laugh to ease the situation. In my lifetime I have experienced many awkward silences. They typically happen after a deep conversation with friends and we all, for just a minute, reflect in our minds and don't say anything. It feels awkward to me because we all had so much to say and then out of no where we just stop talking. WEIRD.
When I'm with a group of strangers or people I don't really know, silence is expected. Everyone feels awkward then and I feel like my mind is racing- should I say something? what would I say? what would they think? blah blah blah. Usually, I will say something and then I get looks like "OMG she just talked.." I think that silence with strangers is only as awkward as you want it to be. You cant sit in a room with people you don't know and expect tho have so much to say, you know?
I think the best silence is when your with someone you love. When you can sit in silence for hours and not have to say anything and its not weird at all. I dated a kid for three years and I was in love. When we sat in silence, which wasn't often, it just felt normal. There was absolutely nothing awkward about it at all which made the silence feel good. It's almost as if you really are saying something and you know what they're saying and what they're thinking. I like that kind of silence, a lot. Its almost when your listening to a Jimi song and he goes on and on with his solos on the guitar and people, like my mom who don't like Jimi Hendrix, feel like "when is he gonna start singing or where are the lyrics, what is this crap?" The point is that he doesn't need to say anything, his music is saying everything. You have to listen to music beyond the words like when your in love you have to listen to more than whats being said.
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I agree with you how silence is very awkward because i am always used to having a background sound but never silence. I think it is like this because in our culture we don't accept because it make people feel very uncomfortable. I agree with that silence is very awkward and i think i will never get used to it.
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