Ok I don’t like small talk. Ok, so I am not so sure why this is so hard for me but I just don’t like it. I never have, and maybe never will. To me it’s just so awkward. And I don’t like awkwardness. It’s like you have to search for something to say. Like, ummm…so do you like baseball? No. Ummm….well, what about Michael Jackson? Nope. Wow, so now what. Now don’t get me wrong, I love to talk but only when there is something to talk about. And for some reason, I attract shy people. And I am a shy person myself, so talk about awkward. And it seems like I’m always the one trying to fish for something to say. Ok so I guess the reason why I am on this kick, is because I have a friend, and for some reasons we won’t discuss at this time, the conversations are just plain awkward. It makes me so sad because I used to be able to talk to this person without any problems and now it’s like…so how was your day? Fine, yours? It was good, and then the unavoidable…SILENCE! Wow! I know I have to somehow get over not liking small talk or just plain dealing with it, because I meet so many people each day, and that is how most conversations start out. But if after you get to know a person and the conversations are still like that, or if you previously had great conversations and they end up like that then maybe there is a problem. Any suggestions????
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small talk?!?! -- well, with your friend, did something monumental happen to cause this conversational rift? Have you changed? Has this person changed? What is there left in common between you two? I guess those are some ideas to think about. As for talking to strangers, stick to what you know, for example, you're starting your PhD @ U. MO (a fine school). I am starting my PhD in Phiolosphy at Duke. What's your major? See, we have something in common with which to start a conversation.
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