Private Erin Coolidge

I wonder does anyone else feel like this. I find conversation draining with most people because I seem to do all the work. It's not that I'm a blabber-mouth. I try to give other people openings and I ask them plenty of questions. I try to listen. But in most conversations-- from a few minutes' exchange to a night of talk-- I end up doing the vast majority of the talking, if only to fill the silences. Even if I go to the pub with a group, I seem to be the person keeping the ball in the air most of the time. There are only a few people I know with whom conversation isn't a strain, people who know how to exchange ideas and keep a discussion alive. Is the art of conversation dying? I know I sound incredibly arrogant but I'm so exasperated I don't care.

Si Te Portas Mal

yes, p.s. your avator is kinda cute ; ]

Precious H

No, it doesn't sound arrogant. The truth is that people don't have much to say that is interesting or anything at all, really. So yeah, I feel you there. It's funny; you can know someone a year and never get any farther than small-talk type conversation. It's sad.

mickbhall

i am same after a while talk about crap before i go out ill look at paper online news just for convo

blllla2

When ever im in a conversation i usually do all of the listining.