Iin, to suck at small talk?

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I really think that I suck at small talk. I suck at when I'm talking to someone whom I haven't spoken with in a long time and if a random person, whom I don't know, attempts to strike up a conversation with me.

It's puts me on the spot. I don't know what to say and in the process, I know that i am comming off as uninterested and I fear, even a bitch.

I'm only good at small talk with people that I know very well, that I like, and that I am comfortable with. IIN?

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  • (s)aint
    8 years ago | pl

    Likewise. I can't do the whole "Oh how are you? what was your weekend like? blahblahblah" When I talk to people, I want it to be real and meaningful. I would much rather open up and talk about really personal stuff to a person that I have just met than play the whole small-talk game with them.

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  • seekelp
    8 years ago | pl

    Like everything else, you've just got to practice. Try to talk to people on a regular basis. If you show an interest in someone else's life, they'll be more interested in yours.

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  • novel08
    8 years ago | pl

    Same here. I am naturally uninterested in people's personal lives and I like minding my own business, I have been called antisocial just because I forget to ask people about their life every 5 minutes. Fuck them.

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  • FJK_frm_AK25
    7 years ago | pl

    I don't get how ppl with issues like that ever make friends.I got a issue with fandom's that sumhow know me that I don't recall meeting all the time,acting like u do know them not to b rude is way more uncomfortable.

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  • poon__jabber
    8 years ago | pl

    I'd rather get sucked than have small talk anyway...

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  • WhiteStallion
    8 years ago | pl

    I usually just start the small-talk and encourage the other person with facial expressions to avoid being awkward. I listen and let them do all the talking with a few pointers here and there, and I am still considered as sociable.

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  • Legion
    8 years ago | pl

    I know how you feel, im not that good at it either

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