What We Talk About When We Talk About Love The short story called What We Talk About When We Talk About Love written by Raymond Carver takes place in Albuquerque New Mexico There are four main characters The friends are all sitting around the table drinking gin before they head out to have dinner There are two couples Mel McGinnis Terri McGinnis Nick and his wife Laura These couples speak about love and what it means to them Each one of their views of love is very different from the other Mel M
In this story what we talk about when we talk about love by Raymond Carver It is about two married couples drinking gin and having a conversation about love and the characters make some commons either because of they are drunk or could be the their true feeling about love Overall the author uses this conversation to show that when a relationship first begins the people involved may have misconceptions about their love but this love will eventually die off or develop into something much more mea