I've heard of conversation being compared to a ball game. Someone pitches out a ball, another person catches it and pitches it back. A conversation is started. Others may enter the game and take turns pitching it back and forth, expanding the conversation. More than one ball can be pitched into the game.
Talkers enjoy the tossing and catching of the ball of conversation.
They can't understand people who prefer to ignore the ball, or catch it and drop it, or throw it in another direction, to stop the game. They are probably right. We seem to find more topics that interest us, and we enjoy sharing them with any and all. Some men have succeeded in shutting up their females, but most never win the war. My spouse claimed to have given up on the battle, but he never brought out the white flag of surrender.