Another thing I've been pondering (and usually I post these ponderances weeks apart so they don't collide):

Is it possible for a conversation between two people to not be about one person AND not be about the other person? In other words, can people talk about something else besides themselves?

Examples of talking about ones self include: stating preference, stating opinion, and even stating fact, which is subject to your personal interpretation, memory, and bias. Maybe even "The sky is blue" implies "I know that the sky is blue because I have observed it. What do you think about that?"

I ask because I get annoyed by people who talk about themselves all the time. Case in point, I'm annoyed with myself nearly 100% of the time. But it hurts my social life since I distance myself from people who leave me no choice but to talk about them, never letting in a word edgewise.

So, if there's something ELSE to talk about, I could use that to break the bad habit held by me and people that I know. Or maybe I'm totally out of practice for answering these odd questions myself.