Ignoring the verbal rules of discourse can result in a loss of friends.
She complains that as she talks, I provide no Verbal Feedback.
Instead of occasionally nodding my head and saying, "mmm hmm," or "Yes," like I used to do, she says that I now simply stare in a mute and motionless trance with my eyes crossed and my lower jaw drooping.
As a couple, of course, we have been accused, by ex- friends, of Topic Selection pragmatic errors.
This is because, they say, when they would meet us we always started talking about Ezmerelda, our three year old daughter. Since she was born, no other topics of conversation exists. To talk to us was to discuss for 30 minutes Ezmerelda's attempts to tie her shoe lace.
Of course, its not a problem anymore because we don't have many conversations since our friends don't seem to exist.