#Conversation

[windowslmtvspageisback]

Yup, totally true.

“What’s your yumeship dynamic?”

This:

[1five1two]

[readtrovert]

"I fear nothing."

"Is that so? I certainly fear one thing."

"And what is that?"

"I fear I would die if you leave me, for I forget to breathe without you near."

[akwardsilince]

Person A: "And why, exactly, did you let yourself get punched in the face."

Person B: "So I could call what I did next self-defence."

[4mtns]

[yeesiine]

The intimacy of deep conversation.

[museify]

[balkanparamo]

The Art of Conversation: René Magritte

[facts-i-just-made-up]

could i get some facts about me to recite when new people ask me to tell them something about myself and my mind goes immediately blank

This is a problem that happens to many people with much on their mind. Here is a set of things you can tell people, no matter what the occasion:

I am not made solely of pine-wood or pine-derivative plastics.

I have between zero and four thousand limbs, inclusive.

I contain several liters of my people's water.

My name is comprised mostly of real letters (Musks may differ).

I am unaware of the contents of soil on most exoplanets.

My spleen is smaller than the Chicago metropolitan area.

I am not, have never been, and may never be you.

Telling people these facts will always put them at ease and quell any concerns they have about your normality.

[agirlwithglam]

Ok guys so I no longer preach being only interestED in conversations. Hear me out because if you find that you’re still not able to hold a conversation, like me- this is what was most likely holding you back.

THE TRUTH ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HOLD A CONVERSATION

(and it’s not asking questions!!!!)

Okay so listen up. I know many people tell you that all you need to do is keep asking questions about the other person and keep them talking the entire time. Once upon a time, I thought this too. Then I tried it out. I kept asking others questions and being interested in them but I just couldn’t understand why they still didn’t seem so eager. But then I looked at other people and the way they had conversations and I realised… they tell stories too.

And that’s what keeps a conversation going. Tell stories about your own life. Talk about yourself as well! I say ‘as well’ because you need the right amount of talking and listening as well.

People want to listen to you too, they want to listen about your interesting life! When talk to them about something you’re passionate about or something that happened to you that relates to the conversation, they’re actually interested guys!!

Stop thinking that you have nothing interesting to say because people do find you interesting. A lot of them DO want to listen to you talk.

When you tell others about something in your life, they will want to learn more, they will be curious. Sometimes because they’re actually interested, or because they’re like you and they want to make you happy and keep the conversation going.

But what I’m NOT saying is to talk about yourself all the time. If you yap about yourself the entire time, others will start to get bored. Listen, people do want to learn more about you, but they also love to talk about themselves.

Make it a conversation where you’re both chipping in and also giving others space, time and your attention while they talk.

Remember: you are interesting, you are worthy of attention and being listened to. Once you understand this, conversations will come easily to you!!

[philosophybits]

Everybody knows that really intimate conversation can only take place between two or three. Even if there are only six or seven present, collective language begins to dominate.

Simone Weil, Waiting on God

[readtrovert]

"What do you want?"

"I want to want you, need you, see you, hear you, breathe you, feel you, own you, kiss you, fight you and most of all, I want to love you."

[akwardsilince]

Person A: "I could give you the world!"

Person B: "The fuck do I do with that."

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[huariqueje]

Street scene with conversing couple in the dark - Harald Engmann , 1930.

Danish, 1903-1968

Oil on canvas,  40 x 31 cm. 15.7 x 12.2 in.