[macinjosh]

To me, it comes off as a passive aggressive neg that I haven't learned their family's names yet or something. Like I owe that to them. Seems a tad self-involved to assume that people care about your personal life in the first place.

[j4yav]

I’m sure you can let them know you prefer only transactional conversations, as OP suggested, and they will stop bothering you with it.