Anyone else feel like they're better at conversations with strangers than people they know?

It’s weird, but I sometimes find it easier to make small talk with strangers (like cashiers or random people in a waiting room) than to have a conversation with people I actually know, like coworkers or extended family.

With strangers, I feel like there are no expectations—they don’t know me, so I can just keep it simple and move on. But with people I know, I’m constantly overthinking everything: “Am I being awkward? Do they think I’m weird? Should I have said something else?”

Does anyone else feel like this, or is it just me? And if you’ve felt this way, how do you work through it?