u/BatchitUp

So the other day my Mother-In-Law let my wife know that I am a jerk. Her reason was simply that I don’t strike up spontaneous conversations and that I’m too quiet. My MIL is an extreme extrovert, and very loud. To be fair, 10 minutes around her and I’ve spent my “social currency” for the day. She’s not particularly good at empathy or seeing from other people’s perspectives. How do I work with that? Am I a jerk for not artificially forcing myself to be more conversational?