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The Conversationalist
... I am not.
(abstract post, feel free to add your comments, suggestions and tips)
Some people are naturals, some are not. I can talk, I can preach, I can explain, I can promote. I cannot converse.
Eye contact? No problem.
Ask questions? I can do that, but I'm not always interested.
Acknowledge? Uh huh. Yeah. Uh huh. Right. Yeah.
Conversation as a science, I am pretty good at.
Conversation as an art, I am dreadfully horrible.
It seems some people can make a conversation out of nothing. They just strike it up and suddenly you're interested in talking to them. Charisma... how does one get along without it?
So, you're sitting across the table from your date. (S)he's not exactly your intellectual equal, but you gotta talk about SOMETHING, right? What do you say? What do you ask? "I like your hair"? Ok now what? "So, how about them Yankees?" Nobody talks about sports, computers or school on dates.. do they?
I've been struggling with conversation forever. Sometimes just DOING something is a great substitute for conversation, but you know if you want to get anywhere special with a special person, you're gonna have to open your mouth.
Conversation, it's what's for dinner.
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