Stuttering
Eguus,
I have always been very shy - still am, and I stutter when with people I don't know.
So like your husband, I don't say much in social situations. My friends know me - and know at times it is difficult to shut me up!
I have been perceived to be "stuck-up" because I don't say much. But on the other hand as an old Elementay School Principal used to say, "Empty barrels make the most noise!"
Maggie