Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Starting Conversation with Strangers

There are a lot of tips out there for how to start a conversation with a stranger. While this is primarily a dating website, this information can be used in tons of real life situations, parties, workplaces, shindigs. So let’s get ready to pretend to have social skills!

A lot of the tips I’ve been reading say one of the best ways to strike up a less threatening conversation with a stranger is to talk about a third thing. Don’t talk about you or the other person, instead talk about another subject, object, or person. This is when people might refer to a recent movie, piece of news, a book she’s holding, the person they were invited by to the party, the weather but unless there’s been tornadoes out, this is a little boring. Don’t mention if her hair looks pretty or anything like that, even if her hair totally does look pretty, b/c it’s too personal for a conversation starter.

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