Social circumstances are always riddled with awkwardness. If you ask me, I'd say embarrassment is a prominent means of social propagation- probably form being so prevalent common.
The ending of conversations get even worse when you feel it taper off, but somehow feel obliged to perpetuate it, at least out of politeness.
But consider this, these situations are actually something of a paradox in that either party is trapped within the same situation. Think about the fact that maybe the other person is also looking for signs to end it, and how. Knowing this, rather considering this, it should come to down to being as simple as: 'well, nice catching up (/that's cool/alright then -you know, depending on the circumstance) or something a little more ambiguous, give it a second, feign some degree of urgency and end it as you begin to walk away with as short a sentence full of politeness as possible and be off. Punctuate with a smile. This being face-to-face conversation-wise.
Digitally, its much simpler. You could cease to reply until much later and state a random need to have left. Or a battery drain. Or a random distraction- that actually isn't rude under this. It is much simpler because it gives you enough time to come up with an excuse before you have to face the person.
Is it normal that I don't know how to polietly end a conversation?
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This is something I've encountered as well.
Social circumstances are always riddled with awkwardness. If you ask me, I'd say embarrassment is a prominent means of social propagation- probably form being so prevalent common.
The ending of conversations get even worse when you feel it taper off, but somehow feel obliged to perpetuate it, at least out of politeness.
But consider this, these situations are actually something of a paradox in that either party is trapped within the same situation. Think about the fact that maybe the other person is also looking for signs to end it, and how. Knowing this, rather considering this, it should come to down to being as simple as: 'well, nice catching up (/that's cool/alright then -you know, depending on the circumstance) or something a little more ambiguous, give it a second, feign some degree of urgency and end it as you begin to walk away with as short a sentence full of politeness as possible and be off. Punctuate with a smile. This being face-to-face conversation-wise.
Digitally, its much simpler. You could cease to reply until much later and state a random need to have left. Or a battery drain. Or a random distraction- that actually isn't rude under this. It is much simpler because it gives you enough time to come up with an excuse before you have to face the person.
So, yeah. I hope that helped. :)