Stilted silence

I think there are maybe only two primary reasons why awkward silences take place: a) awkward conversation between two equally just as awkward people talking about really awkward topics, or b) there's a massive massive elephant in the room.

Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room because it's awkward and hard to approach. If and when the topic is brought up, how should the conversationalist(s) approach it? Directly or indirectly? It may appear a little crude if people approach the 'unwanted' topic too eager or too straightforward, or it may be too much of a 'beating around a bush' kind of annoyance if the topic is broached on indirectly. Either way, nobody ever wants to be that person who starts a conversation about something that's completely unwanted. It's kind of like, wanting to ask that person if they started a strict diet regime or if it's something else...

The best way to go about approaching such a situation is to have endless amount of patience. In this case, there are two kinds of 'patience,' the obliviousness and the 'I want to but I can't.' Honestly speaking, being the oblivious party in this situation seem much more appealing than the latter. I find that the latter cause a lot of headaches due to its knowledge that something's happened but what? and not being able to ask or even talk about it.

What a moot and sombre blog post. Here's a video that I found from UpWorthy, a wicked site that I discovered through Facebook. Definitely worth checking out.