I'd probably be thankful for someone sparing me from their daily minutia if they're not the best at telling minutia in an interesting way:) I had a friend who found his wife's minutia boring. Fair enough. He encouraged her to talk to a friend on the phone during her drive home from work so that she sort of 'drained' the minutia out of her system before she got home:) That worked for them, but their emotional intimacy and support came in other forms. Like he definitely enjoyed being the person she came to for advice on her problems. I'll say, though, that while I find the minutia of many people to be boring--I don't want to hear it--I usually find that I do want to --and enjoy -- hearing the minutia of someone I'm in a relationship with. Somehow, their tiny details are fascinating to me tho I might find the same tiny detail to be boring if a co-worker told me about it. Funny how that works.