Being sociable

[smegballs]

How do you get on with strangers/acquaintances?
Do you enjoy small talk, or do you feel its just making noise for the sake of making noise?


I seem pretty traditionally English; it takes me a while to warm up to people but once I make a friend I've got them for years to come. I dislike, what seems to me, the sort of insta-matey behaviour I see with lots my peers in a uni-setting. My public and private personalities are pretty polar opposites; the former quiet and aloof, the latter loud and engaging.

While I'll happily talk for hours once engaged in a proper conversation about a good topic, economics, politics, science etc etc. Small talk rapidly leads to awkward silences with me not really sure what to say. My favourite people to talk to seem to me middle-aged professionals

[Mattaria]

I have very little time for it, I get LOADS of it in my job but for the most part I really struggle to stay interested.

If someones got something interesting to say i'll have a conversation regardless of how well I know them, but if it's just your standard shanchat i'd rather just be thought of as a cunt and spare myself the hardship.

As far as getting on with strangers though that's fine, there's no need to be rude to people, but when conversation becomes laboured it's time to call it a day.

[J.M.]

Can't talk to new people. I have nothing to say. If they talk to me I'll give short and uninteresting replies. I just can't seem to manage it...

Once I've spoken to them once or twice everything is fine and I can talk to them like I've known them for years.
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[N cee thirty]

Can pretty much talk to anyone, the only people i struggle with is hairdressers small talk, not sure if they're all x factor watching cattle or just hate cutting my hair for half an hour every 6 months.
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Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[Walloper]

I'm fae Glezga, Glezga folk will talk to anyone.

(Except those posh folk from Edinburgh.)

Some folk don't mind a bit of random banter some struggle (become uncomfortable) with.

I don't see a problem with remaining Schtum or blethering away.
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[Kradmelder]

I meet people easy. They just bore me quick. Why socialise to be seen with people with nothing to say? I get invited to bike things and have to force myself to go.

I prefer the company of mates ive had for years. Were in the army together, and I know the man when hard times are there. New chommy chommy don't last. Old mates have outlasted any woman.

I find myself refusing more offers than I accept. I know what a decent mate is, and a good woman. I have little time for cheap imitations

Of my old friends, 2 died on the border, 2 since, 2 others now contractors in iraq and afghan. 1 in a police elite unit. 2 live close. Why waste my time with ignorant libtards who would run a mile if they ever had to serve on the border?
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[smegballs]

[Kradmelder]

[N cee thirty]

Well i was on about female ones generally, prefer to have a male (gay or not) as its just easier to talk to/not offend.
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Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[Clanger]

I am happy rocking up to complete strangers and asking them a question or making small talk.

As people at any BCF event I've been to will tell you.
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[The999Kid]

[Suntan Sid]

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[Walloper]

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[angryjonny]

[yaigi]

Well this thread sure passed the small talk phase quickly. Oh you guys
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[Irn-Bru]

He got bummed by a gay black man I reckon
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[silky666]

my usual google search input

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[angryjonny]

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