I wish I had that natural ability. I'm just awkward in general. People's attempts at small talk either go over my head or don't land right with me and I end up looking like an idiot. For example, I was heading out to my car one day and a teacher was heading into the building. He said "what's that bright thing out there". I looked and saw nothing I was totally oblivious. He was talking about the sun, it hadn't been out in days and was finally shining. I feel like a normal person would have picked up on that. Not me though.