I have no idea how (a)typical this is, but I find it difficult to give quick answers for “global summary” type questions. What’s the best book you’ve ever read? What do you spend most of your time doing? What are your two most important values? Etc. Those “feeler-outer questions” have that sort of quality to them, and if the people at those parties are like me I’m not surprised if conversation is sometimes slow to get started.
I have no idea how (a)typical this is, but I find it difficult to give quick answers for “global summary” type questions. What’s the best book you’ve ever read? What do you spend most of your time doing? What are your two most important values? Etc. Those “feeler-outer questions” have that sort of quality to them, and if the people at those parties are like me I’m not surprised if conversation is sometimes slow to get started.