Just reach that point.
As my trips have got longer as time has gone on I have found people have become less interested. Strange? Long weekend trips were very popular with the civilians as were one week trips. Now at 1 month trips and no body seems to want to listen. It is just like they can't compute anything more than 2 weeks away from home. This years trip did it for me when my 2 Girls (18 & 21) "txting" each other during the photo showing event while they were suppose to be "interested" . My own kids in front of me !
So from now on I will only "engage" civilians that show any sense of adventure first.
But on the other side of the coin my wife has had a completely different reaction. When she mentions that she has been away for 4 weeks or more to where ever it was, people ask "oh, where did you fly to?" When she says "no where, it was on a motorbike with my old man" They nearly drop to the floor with amazement and can't get enough of it all.
This really hacks me off sometimes
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