Conversation starters - need help

We used to read aloud to each other and talk about the novel. Now we use Borrowbox and it talks to both of us. We chat about it.

We chat about the news, politics, family, food, its provenance, why some things are nicer/better/shiny/flat/unpleasant or whatever. Which lamp we like (and why), wallpaper, gardening, other people... We share our thoughts pretty much all the time. We disagree about things ...

We share things we have just found out - the history of a particular spice, the pronunciation of a word, where cobalt comes from...
I think you just need to talk and then you will have more to talk about.

What did you talk about with your friends?

Go and see a play or a film which is thought-provoking and discuss it afterwards. It might help to start with a subject not directly related to yourselves

We often sit in silence for ages. After 47 years what is there left to say except daily arrangements. However it's not uncomfortable. Often you are communicating when you're not actually speaking.

There are conversation books, maybe more for business settings. I will look them out sometime later.

There is a game which is a conversation starter. Maybe more for older people. Again, I will look it up later[I am out today].

I always sit next to DH at a meal, if I can. I never did like the sitting opposite. He used to find it odd, years ago, but has got used to it now.

My late husband and I used to chat about the day we’d had or if on holiday about where we’d been and seen or plan the next day. Talking about mundane things often led to something completely different or to reminiscing about the past.

Re dinner, when staying in hotels we often take our books down to dinner. Conversation can be much easier somehow if sitting diagonally from one another, rather than face to face.

I should add we went out with neighbours last week (rare event) and we were out for 3 hours so we can do it - just not on our own.