I know @Batman it's weird to me as well. I had some lady who I didn't know telling me about problems she was having with her husband. I'm actually more on the introverted side so beleive me I don't seek it I guess I just accept it now. It does seem odd to me as well being that when I come home from a trip to the city I feel overwhelmed and need to decompress. I am not a social gadfly I have a small core group of friends and have learned to quickly trim anyone who betrays my confidence as that is something I will never do to anyone yet I have deep conversations with someone I've just run into and we have exchanged some heavy stuff. One guy actually was telling me he just received a terminal diagnoses and this was just standing outside a coffee shop. His wife was waiting in the car so I figure it wasn't a gay guy trying to hit on me plus the tone of the conversation certainly did not approach anything like that. Maybe it's easier to tell someone you don't know a burden as you don't really care what they will do with it but not all these conversations I mention are burden unloading they are similar to talking to someone you know and having a bs session. I really can't explain it but it's nice hearing points of view on varied subjects from people you don't know. I was in a bit of a rough section of Bridgeport getting gas and a black guy who appeared to be homeless walked up to me. I expected to be hit up for money but he asked me how I was doing and we somehow got into a gen minute conversation on the book "Confessions of st Augustine" ( @Batman you should read that it's great) and if you are wondering no I wasn't preaching to the guy, I don't try to convert people, I'm not good at it. What happened was I quoted the book, a part that doesn't mention Christ or religion, it's just a cool quote and the guy knew it. Oddly, in the end I offered to give him a few bucks or buy him something at the gas station and he said thanks very much but declined. I brought this up as it happened to me today again when I went for a walk. I agree with you batman, at one time this would be torture to me but maybe I spent so long in the mental health feild and really learning how to listen something changed along the way. One of the saddest was a guy who was recovering from a stroke and was learning how to talk again. It took him about 40 seconds to form one word but he had recently been released from a rehab facility and I could tell he really wanted to try to conversation with me but I almost cried a few times in front of him, I was able to hold it together and listen to him and he thanked me but I cried like a baby when I got to my car, damn I hope he is doing alright