How do you keep a conversation alive?

[Clawdeen 15,516]

3 minutes ago, DubWolf said:

Though if it's a date you doooo kinda hope it goes on and it's not just you that wants to keep it going... though if you don't fan the flames a little it might be your last date if there's not enough chemistry you feel. Been so long since I've dated .

You know, I’ve had dates where the conversation has went on and it still ended on the one date lol

[Crypty Scribbles 5,380]

9 minutes ago, Clawdeen said:

Yeah I mean you can just tell. I’ve tried to keep it alive in the past but really it’s just delaying the inevitable no response lol

I think so. In general that's true. But also sometimes an interaction needs a healthy kick because both people like the other person and think that they are really interesting but by some reason both are sure that the other side isn't interested to continue much.

[Clawdeen 15,516]

2 minutes ago, Crypty Scribbles said:

I think so. In general that's true. But also sometimes an interaction needs a healthy kick because both people like the other person and think that they are really interesting but by some reason both are sure that the other side isn't interested to continue much.

Thats a fair point

[DubWolf 17,380]

15 minutes ago, Clawdeen said:

You know, I’ve had dates where the conversation has went on and it still ended on the one date lol

Honestly kinda agree. I have a hard time thinking just being able to hold a convo with somebody necessarily means moving on.

[Dreambiscuit 10,170]

It depends on who I’m talking with. If it’s a complete stranger I have a variety of methods (again, depending on the length of convo I expect to be having) I may ask about their interests, what they’ve done that day and what they’d like to do. I sometimes take cues from the way they’re dressed and ask them things based on obvious interests (if they’re wearing an MLP t-shirt or something, for example). The age of the person I’m talking with also applies, as does gender, and I can base my convo accordingly. If I’m chatting it up with someone I know a little better I might talk about something more candid, because getting personal can really open things up and add some great levels of interest to things.

[Treeglow Flicker 13,889]

A trick I learned, was to take an element of the last thing the person said and expand on that point to keep the conversation going to the point it leads to other topics naturally. A little difficult when they only respond with one word answers though.

[Snoopy Fan 1,682]

Sometimes by changing the subject.