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Topic: Conversation: What do you like to talk about?
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Sat 06/17/17 10:02 AM
Edited by peggy122 on Sat 06/17/17 10:11 AM
What topics interest you?

Do you have tips for people who struggle to make sparkling or interesting conversation?

What are some good icebreakers for starting a conversation with a stranger whether online or offline?

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Sat 06/17/17 10:32 AM
Edited by Tom4Uhere on Sat 06/17/17 10:34 AM

What topics interest you?

Do you have tips for people who struggle to make sparkling or interesting conversation?

What are some good icebreakers for starting a conversation with a stranger whether online or offline?


My mind is alive with curiosity. My interest topics are wide ranging.

Tips?
Online:
Spaces, Capitalization and Spelling.
Proof read, post and reread and edit if needed.
Not too many smileys - Less is more.

Offline:
Speak clearly.
Say what you mean.
Observe their reaction and clarify if needed.
Restrain negativity.
Own your words, "I do this" not "YOU should do this" or "YOU did this".
Find natural commonality.
Have an open and welcoming stance.
If you must use gestures, keep them minimal, not flamboyant.

Ice Breakers:
Observe the person for patterns that reflect their natural interests.
Look for common things that might help establish a connection.
Smile. Smiles break the ice more often than you might think.
Understand that every person is different and a conversation relies on both of you to have a desire to have it.

Edit to correct one word for spelling - yes, it matters.

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Sat 06/17/17 10:39 AM
Basically when I see bs and tin hat topics

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Sat 06/17/17 10:40 AM

What topics interest you?

Do you have tips for people who struggle to make sparkling or interesting conversation?

What are some good icebreakers for starting a conversation with a stranger whether online or offline?


I'd like to know why you're so dam chatty, you never stop rofl
I love it flowerforyou

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Sat 06/17/17 11:21 AM




My mind is alive with curiosity. My interest topics are wide ranging.

Tips?
Online:
Spaces, Capitalization and Spelling.
Proof read, post and reread and edit if needed.


Im gonna deal with your post in fragments Tom since they are actually really good points!

What I would say though , is that alot of people dont speak English as their first language so I try to have some patience with those who dont get the grammar, spelling etc right, including the people who speak English as their first language, but who havent been formally educated.flowerforyou

And what about typing with cellphones?

Between that damn autocorrect that types words you never intended and thst tiny screen that makes it hard to see what you wrote clearly, its a recipe for disaster! Im just sayin...

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Sat 06/17/17 11:22 AM

Basically when I see bs and tin hat topics



Any examples Yellowrose?

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Sat 06/17/17 11:24 AM


What topics interest you?

Do you have tips for people who struggle to make sparkling or interesting conversation?

What are some good icebreakers for starting a conversation with a stranger whether online or offline?


I'd like to know why you're so dam chatty, you never stop rofl
I love it flowerforyou


Haha! Not exactly Mikey4. I disappear for weeks and months at a time from mingle , and its usually when I have a lot more in my life to DO rather than SAY laugh

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Sat 06/17/17 11:30 AM
Edited by peggy122 on Sat 06/17/17 11:35 AM



Not too many smileys - Less is more.





I kinda agree with you on this one Tom.
If you have been talking to a person for a while, lots of emoticons /emojis are cool, but when Im just meeting someone, a dozen hearts, flowers, smiles or kisses is soooooooo corny, especially from a guy!

The same goes for putting lol at the end of EVERY SENTENCE.

I doubt anyone could be that amused whoa

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Sat 06/17/17 11:36 AM
Edited by lu_rosemary on Sat 06/17/17 11:41 AM
Hi Peggy.

What topics interest you?
I have many...
Do's for me
Health, individuality, spirituality and so on. What about you?

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Sat 06/17/17 11:56 AM
Edited by peggy122 on Sat 06/17/17 12:01 PM

Hi Peggy.

What topics interest you?
I have many...
Do's for me
Health, individuality, spirituality and so on. What about you?



Hi Lu!

Actually its a long list! Thats why I cant understand how people run out of things to say!

I love the Arts ie Music, visual art.jewelry making, dance, theatre, movies

I also love Literature, and the social sciences ie Pscychology, Sociology, a bit of Politics , Education, bit of spirituality, relationships and human interaction in general, self help/development topics

And then there is fashion and home decor . LOVE those

I love history, culture and travel too :)

And my guilty pleasure is talking about celebrities lol



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Sat 06/17/17 12:02 PM
Edited by lu_rosemary on Sat 06/17/17 12:03 PM
flowerforyou and a Hug.
I love you, girl!

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Sat 06/17/17 12:03 PM

flowerforyou and a Hug.


Back at ya kiddo! hope you enjoyed your bithday :)

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Sat 06/17/17 12:04 PM
I have many interests, I do like the conversation we have in the forums and how they digress into something far from the original topic, that's conversation and with a little wit thrown in it make a tense,disagreeable, sad topic into one many can relate to

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Sat 06/17/17 12:07 PM
Edited by peggy122 on Sat 06/17/17 12:09 PM

I have many interests, I do like the conversation we have in the forums and how they digress into something far from the original topic, that's conversation and with a little wit thrown in it make a tense,disagreeable, sad topic into one many can relate to


there is definitely no shortage of wit here at the forum . Smart azzes in abundance here :smile:

.. and yes, the digression is often more fu than the topic itself lol

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Sat 06/17/17 01:10 PM
Edited by Tom4Uhere on Sat 06/17/17 01:11 PM
My mind is alive with curiosity. My interest topics are wide ranging.

Tips?
Online:
Spaces, Capitalization and Spelling.
Proof read, post and reread and edit if needed.


Im gonna deal with your post in fragments Tom since they are actually really good points!

What I would say though , is that alot of people dont speak English as their first language so I try to have some patience with those who dont get the grammar, spelling etc right, including the people who speak English as their first language, but who havent been formally educated.flowerforyou

And what about typing with cellphones?

Between that damn autocorrect that types words you never intended and thst tiny screen that makes it hard to see what you wrote clearly, its a recipe for disaster! Im just sayin...


I am well aware that some people have a language barrier.
I also know very well the communication issues inherent to cell phones.
Both are reasons to try that much harder to have effective communication.

I don't express myself on foreign sites because I am not fluent enough to do so. I don't want my meaning lost in translation.
I don't use my cell phone here because that tool is insufficient for the task at hand. I have a choice, some people don't.

My tips were not directed to foreign people here. They can be relative for them, if they are expressing themselves on a site in their own language.

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Sat 06/17/17 02:17 PM
Peggy you put lol in your post it must catching,lo, got to admit it's not one of my favourite s as I think thecomment kind of loses some of its humour if you put, it can't of been that funny if you had to put that on that note, lol

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Sat 06/17/17 02:26 PM
Sorry if my spellings bad tom I've got a new phone and think I'm best on my I pad as it's all to small on my phone ,my fingers seem to fat for the phone

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Sat 06/17/17 02:34 PM
Isn't it fathers day tomorrow?
I'm surprised nobody has posted it?

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Sat 06/17/17 02:39 PM
I don't know who my dad is I'm hoping it's someone very rich and he shows his face soon but knowing my luck it will be Jeremy kyle

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Sat 06/17/17 02:40 PM
laugh

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