I just feel like a lot of people here are defining "small talk" as "a conversation that I don't want to have" rather than any meaningful definition.
I would consider stepping outside in the morning with your partner and stating "oh wow it's such a nice day today" to be small talk. It's a conversation without an end goal, sure, but I don't think it's as worthless as people are making it out to be.
Idk I took it more to mean "wow I don't want to start a deep, thoughtful conversation the moment I get home from work let me relax for a minute" while at the same time still wanting to talk to your partner. But I guess it's up to reader interpretation and I do seem to be in the minority here.
How did everyone take this post to mean that you should only do small talk with your partner and not have deeper conversations?
I think it was more of a question like "what are you angry about?" Or "what makes you angry?" Rather than "why are you so upset?" But idk I didn't make the posts
And that reason would be?