Quiet Company

Quiet company is a concept I've thought about for awhile, and it's great to be writing about it, the concept is having people near you, or keeping you company, however they’re quiet, they do not speak, there are no words exchanged. With that said today I will tell you two stories, and then elaborate more on this quiet company idea. The first story is about me and one of my older cousins, let's call him Bob. They live in Tennessee, it was Thanksgiving weekend I took a trip to their house, and one evening, all of the cousins around my age went out, yet I decided to stay behind and listen to music, I don't know why I'm such a nerd, but that's what I did. Then Bob, who was married recently asked me if I wanted to go to Walmart with him. I said sure, threw on some pants and went, and knowing that he was recently married, I started trying to converse with him, a lot of it about his marriage, and his replies were those replies that signaled, please stop talking to me, so then in the car I shut up for he rest of the drive. Once we arrived I started talking again, now about things like school, and more subjective topics, and he didn't seem to enjoy the conversations much, and then I just put my head down gave up and stopped talking. Then on our drive back I thought of something that happened earlier in my life. The second story comes from around 2015, when I was playing an online browser game with people I'd met that also enjoyed the game. Not helping my case of being a nerd, I was in this thing called a clan, yes for a web browser game. Besides that I met someone, his online name was Wifi, so that's what I'll address him as. Wifi and I were a really good duo, when we started playing we did really well in the game together, so we had pretty great chemistry, and whenever our clan would play we'd talk on skype or discord, and when I would talk with Wifi, which was often because again we were a great duo, he would always be really quiet, he'd answer me when I talked, but he didn't really start conversations or continue them on his own, sometimes he didn't even reply. Then one day I asked him, 'Wifi, why don't you reply to me when we play?' he said to me, 'I don't talk a lot, but I like to know you're there.' These words resonated with me for a long time, which is obvious considering it's been three years. Which a few years later, like one or two, I remembered those words and thought of the concept quiet company.

As I stated earlier quiet company is a concept meaning to have people keeping you company, but no words are exchanged. I personally think this is great, and keep in mind I talk a lot, I love conversing with people, I love interaction, these writings are a way for me to talk to more people even. With that said, the reason I love the idea of quiet company is because it's calm, it's having someone's back. There are times where you can't say anything for someone, but you can be there for them, you can listen, you can just let them know that you're there. That is an extremely comforting feeling, having someone there for you, even if they can't help, you know they care enough to help, and they are worried enough to not say anything that might make it worse because of their ignorance on the situation. Another way to put it, if you're alone in the cold, you're gonna be really cold on every side, if you have someone next to you there's warmth from the side that you have contact on, for both of you. It's a win-win situation, and it's a good feeling to sometimes stay in your own head, but have someone there with you in their own heads, and maybe when something great comes to mind you have someone to share it with.

Personally then, do you believe quiet company is positive, negative, or maybe even neutral? With that thought in your mind, I wish that you enjoyed my stories, and understand this concept of quiet company and think about it while you hang out with family or friends. I hope you have a great week, I’ll see you next week, peace.

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