How do you carry on a conversation with a stranger?

Question

What's your secret to carrying on a conversation, and avoiding those awkward silences? I always find a point where I have nothing to say, and wish I didn't.

Answer 1

Hmmm this is a little difficult to start..even though i have had a lifetime of doing it im not sure exactly what and how im doing it.I have always had a passion for looking up info.. guess i like enough of this and that to make myself dangerous lol but its more just curiosity ..Ok best thing to do what you asked is to find something in the surroundings like their homes or buisnesses that you have some knowledge of and chat with them about that and then it branches out to other areas breaking the ice.. If you are not in an enviroment look them over and notice things about them,maybe a pin they are wearing or a hair style or a car they are driving or whatever.I assure you that you can always find something of common ground to start with and the rest will fall in place.I have talked to the lowest in society and the highest ranking in society all the same way and people like and respect you and enjoy their conversations with you because they are real and it seems everyone you meet have something in common with you .. hope this helps..

Answer 2

open the coversation with what you've got in common.
if your at a bus stop waiting for a bus start by saying something like"can't wait till the bus arrives so i can go home, and experience the wonders of air conditioning again"
they'll say something like "it has been terribly hot lately has'nt it"
and you go "yeah, but i guess that's the kind of sun you'd expect in australia". but even though the heat can really get to you i much rather prefer it than winter, winter is always do cold, rainy and there's nothing really you can do, but summer you can go swimming, go out, have barbeques and so on". "so where are you heading off to?"
and just keep the conversation flowing by asking questions, sharing stories, listening to what they'r saying. maybe share some interestin information when/if you get to a dead end eg. " do you know what i found out just the other day, that aparently there's this thing called water intoxication, where you can actually drink yourself to death, happened to this girl who was on one of those stupid diets, where you do nothing but drink water, so you don't gain any weight. well what happened was that she drank 10 litres of water and half way through the 11th, she simply died. scientists beleive it was because the salt in her blood stream had gone to a terrible low, but the blood salt in her brain had'nt so the fluid moved from the bloodstream to the brain, where there was more blood salt, which eventually caused brain swellling, and cause the brain is enclosed in the skull it had nowhere to go and eventually was sqwashed. i'm not much of a person into biology, but i thought that it was so interesting, but then again who drinks 10 litres of water just to lose weight, amazing what lenghts some would go to"

you get my drift keep it flowing, and if the convo turns into a dead end, no-ones forcing you to talk to them........after all they're strangers.

Answer 3

its because your interpreting to a lot into the priority and at i i ought to wager that you're feeling less than pressure even as talkin to individuals of the oppisite sex , yet many times even as making verbal change with strangers commence through protecting the conversations breif and imprecise and maximum of all relax and be your self and self assurance is a few thing discovered no longer some thing you're born with ,also a good sense of humour is a an alluring function even as attempting to locate a clean better 0.5 . good luck

Answer 4

communication is the key to a good relationship, without it you will get bored easily. i never have a problem with conversations and tend to take over, i often have to just keep quiet so the other person can get a word in.

i guess i like to know as much as i can about someone, so i always have something to ask them and then work off whatever we are talking about.

before you go out with someone just think about what you want to know and ask so that your nerves dont get in the way during the time you are with them. sometimes nerves will put you off asking what you want to know.

Answer 5

Ask questions and let him/her do all the talking. Make the convo about them. Keep him or her talking so they dont get too bored. If they are asking you all the questions, either respond with the same question, or throw one of your own in every now and then. Oh, and try to make the person laugh, thats always a great thing to do.

Answer 6

Don't worry about it, I always talk about things I ve been thinking and ask questions about what I d like to know about them or the issue we have in hand.
English is my second language. I always have that kind of silent moment though. I have short conversation with ppl, and learn things from em from time to time. And we become friends.

good luck!

Answer 7

its not that hard..if u wanted to say something because there must be a long pause and say anything that across your mind. its really easy..
im always with this situation...when i lost or wanted to chit chat with someone even when i didnt know someone..when i start a conversation like while im waiting the bus at the bus stop, i start with 'the bus are always this late isnt??' and then...tup tup, i will get their name..and since then we were friends. each time i wait for the bus, there would be a friend to chat with...;) ;)

Answer 8

Start off by talking small talk, weather, food, good places to eat, music, current events in the local community. It always helps to get to know people. Start by talking to people on the bus. Start by saying a simple hello and you get more comfterble as time goes on.

Answer 9

I never felt a need to have a conversation with a stranger !

Answer 10

if you are at the bus stop you ask when is the bus coming .thenyou can say it tolk an 1hour longer in the snow the bus was once, then you say some thing nice about what they are wareing, then you go something to take about. or the weather. like, how cold it is.