Submitted by Somo_99 t3_1258dzi in LifeProTips
I'm an introvert, and have never been a big talker. Most of the friends I've ended up making are all extroverts though, and they get annoyed and upset at me sometimes when I don't talk to them or add to what they're saying when we're hanging out.
Specifically, one of my female friends wants me to talk to her more and has recently got upset that I don't, but I'm not a big talker and never know what to say or what to talk about.
I've tried, and improved a little bit, and it's not that I don't want to talk to any of them, I just don't know where to start to build my social skills.
I'll admit, I'm in awe and envious of everyone else who can, including my other friends, and how they manage to come up with endless topics to say or add to the conversation and keep at it for hours. It just baffles me how easily people can do that; does anyone have any tips or tricks I could use to make me more like them?
crossplanetriple t1_je37wy2 wrote
Ask questions. People love talking about themselves. Ask questions to increase your knowledge. Use that knowledge to drop bomb ass facts about things later on that nobody asked about. The more the other person is talking, the less you have to anyways.