So I recently started spending time with someone who has been interested in my for years that I finally decided to give a chance.

So far, things have been going . . . OK. He's a SUPER nice guy -- very different from the jerks I usually date, but he is quite the introvert. I also fall on the introvert spectrum, but he's SUPER quiet.

He will answer any questions I have... very profoundly, but it's rare that he'll come back with "What about you," or "Tell me..."

Interestingly, on one of the rare occasions where I got more than 10 words out of him, he shared that he knows his love language is physical touch. This prompted me to take the quiz, and mine came up as Quality Time being my primary love language.

Here's the thing... quality time, for me, involves TALKING and he's not much of a talker...at all. He's very cerebral and introspective (as am I), but he keeps those thoughts to himself.

He's truly the nicest guy I've encountered in a LONG time, but our communication keeps falling flat. How can we reach some type of middle ground. How can you get to know someone if they don't TALK?

EXAMPLE: I thought it was just ME, but over the weekend, I was able to witness him interacting with his very talkative, outspoken family (mother, sister, niece). True to introvert form, he ended up in the corner flipping channels in the midst of all the chaos.