Someone asks you a question.
Before you can answer, someone else does.
“Oh, he’s shy.”
“She won’t eat that.”
“He doesn’t like crowds.”
Everyone nods. The conversation moves on.
It happens again.
“What do you want?”
Someone else answers.
“How was school?”
Someone else answers.
“What happened?”
Someone else answers.
Nobody notices that you were about to speak. Nobody asks whether the answer was right. The conversation keeps going.