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KNick1111 t1_je33tlp wrote

Read and know about current events, then ask questions, be interested in others. Read local news and talk about them...Example with your friend: "don't you live in the area where that building burned down last night John.?"..yes I do..."was it close to your house? "...yes just down the street"..." Wow, that's too bad, they lost everything " ..talking is like ping pong. The conversation can be simple, but it takes two to keep in going and asking questions gets it going back and forth. .

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Somo_99 OP t1_je350t2 wrote

talking is like ping pong. I suck at ping pong.

And tennis. And badminton. And back and forth games in general.

I've gotten similar advice like this before, but It doesn't help me much considering that 9 times out of 10 my brain doesn't work fast enough in real time to come up with good enough questions or statements to reply with to give the other person enough to then say their next part (right now my verbal vocabulary consists of chuckles, one or two words acknowledgments to what they said, or silence as I mentally panic, trying to think of something to say when it should be easy).

Great advice though, I'm noting these down!

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KNick1111 t1_je395q1 wrote

I hear ya. 😪I have an extremely shy nephew and he said the same thing about sucking at ping pong ect. He's trying but it's not natural for him. But your WANT is the first step, so you'll be fine

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