Just that really .... I'm shocking at the small talk that seems to be required to get back into dating in my 30s whether online or face to face. I just find myself so nervous I tie myself in knots, I say the wrong thing, I try to make a joke and it's not funny, or I just fall over my words, stammer and dont even realise what's coming out of my mouth.
I even do this with friends. On our watsapp group the other day someone posted a photo that should have obviously gone elsewhere. Some ribbing ensued, a few backwards and forwards comments, lots of laughing, there was mention of a beard and for some weird reason I said "never trust a man with a beard" and it just stopped the conversation dead and felt really awkward until someone asked me why and honestly I dont even know why I said it. I definitely didn't mean anything by it and was just trying to join in the "banter". I just got it wrong again.
Am I alone in this?