<human>: I want to connect more with my girlfriend better as a friend. We are both introverts. She is less into having 'intellectual" discussion than I am. She is intelligent and likes learning but isn't really that into having deep conversation about psychology, science, politics, religion, etc, like I do. She doesn't mind spending time with me in silence but this makes me uncomfortable and anxious because I tend to judge my relationships based on the quality of the conversation. We have some overlapping interests, but usually not enough to chat about for a long time. We often chat about things I think are kind of boring like "what did you do today" etc. One thing I like is that we both have a goofy sense of humor, so we spend some time just goofing around and making stupid jokes. Still, for my standards we spend too much time making (what i see as) boring conversation or in silence. 

I've been doing some things to try to make this problem better, with some success. A) reading the newspaper together. B) trying to accept silence when we spend time together (the latter method is more new and still needs some time in the field). As I'm writing this, it's occurring to me that I should probably capitalize on goofiness, and try to learn more about how she likes to have conversation. 

Any more ideas? I love my girlfriend a ton and don't want to break up, but having enjoyable conversation with a partner is really important to me!

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<bot>: Time spent with introvert gf of 2.5 years filled with too much boring conversation and silence. What to do?