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With a question like this, I want to say that I want to be interested in the other person but in reality I am just a self-centered bastard who wants ppl to be interested in me - in my life- in what I am saying. Everyone wants to be the center of attention. That is only true for me if the conversation is causual though. If the conversation goes anywheres near a personal, in-depth, serious conversation then I remain interested in the other person but no longer care about being interesting to the other person. I basically shut up and let them talk about the serious aspects of the conversation but when the convo goes back to causual I'm okay again.
I think about some of the best coversations that I have ever had it's usually when the other person is giving you their undivided attention, with perhaps a few pearls of wisdom in there, but basically they just let you go. Half a conversation is listening.
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