Hosting, Small Talk, and the Awkwardness of Couples Dinners

If I had not gotten married, I never would have gone-

Oh

... anywhere with anyone. Yeah.

So you don't even like people at the, the, the house?

Like, I mean, y- I know, I know your wife-

My wife has people over every night.

Okay. Are you there?

I'm there. I dress nice. I, I s- I...

It might... I, I have a glass of white wine instantly.

The second they walk in, "Give me a glass of white wine."

W-

And then I'm okay.

Okay. So, so-

Do you, do you have wine when people-

Ab- ab- absolutely.

Doesn't that help you a lot?

It, it does, but I actually am a little different than

you that I actually enjoy-

... hosting. I like to be, I like to have people-

Yes, 'cause you like to put things out.

Yes. I like-

You like to, to be gracious and, and, and have peop- Well, a

comedian is a host in a way.

Mm-hmm.

You're hosting that night for those people.

Yeah.

And everything that happens in that room is to your design.

Yeah.

Right?

Yeah.

So I guess we do like hosting. I just don't like...

I, I can't take the bullshit conversation.

No.

"Let's talk about something. " Let's fig- let's, let's get into something.

"How are you? How are you?" Who cares how anybody is?

Yeah.

No, I, I agree. I, I-

What about couples dinners? How do you do with those?

Ugh, couples dinners. Uh, th-

To me, the couples dinner is arranged when one of you relates to

one half-

Yeah

... of the other couple, and everybody else just hangs onto the

side of the

lifeboat.

Yeah.