Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
To me, the term "casual conversation" refers to things like "how are you doing?", discussing the weather, sports, current events, etc. It does not include questions about travel plans. I have no problem whatsoever about the former, but serious problems with the latter.
+1
To me, the term 'casual conversation' means I have the option to decline to answer a particular question without consequences.
It's 'casual' partly because there's nothing at stake.