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Good morning all
My hubby says I will strike up a conversation with anyone, I tell him it is a "gift" he tells me "yeah right" and rolls his eyes
But seriously, I have actually met some of the most interesting people by utilizing this "gift"
So here is todays question for you to ponder
Do you enjoy striking up conversations with folks you don't know?
and any really interesting experiences ?
BTW I am talking about everyday situations, not parties or business functions where you sorta have to.
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Some conversations seem to go in your favor while others; I walk away.
Only yesterday at the liquor store, the owner and I were discussing Hurricane Katrina,
the dogs were let loose on I-95 so that people could get a hotel room for the night.
Here's where I got upset, he tried to cover it all up by saying it's okay and understandable... NOPE! IT'S NOT! My dogs ARE my family and I would never separate from my dogs. Not even for a bed and shower for the night! Geez, I was upset and walked out of the store. His theroy was; family first, huh?
Yes I'll talk to anyone. I always talk to the people I'm standing in line with at the check out then I talk to the checker, I like to try to cheer them up because seem to be in a bad mood.
I'm usually a shy person, but I do have an interesting story about "striking up a conversation". In early 1986, a friend of mine and I went into a bar. We sat at the bar and both of us ordered a beer. They had DJ music playing and we were checking out two gals that were sitting together at a table and contemplating asking one, or both of them to dance with us. Another guy sat next to me at the bar and he was trying to start a conversation, just basic small talk, but to my surprise, a couple of minutes later, he asked me if I wanted to dance with him! I wasn't sure about what he had said because the music was playing and I barely heard him, so I said "Excuse me?", and he repeated his invitation to dance. I looked at him in disgust and I told him politely that I'd rather dance with one of the two gals sitting at the table a few feet away. He then indicated to me that the place was a gay establishment! At that instant, I tapped on my friend's shoulder and I told him "Let's get the hell out of here, this is a gay bar". We left both beer glasses half full and I can tell you that I've never run out of a place so fast! Apparently, there was a sign at the entrance, which we didn't see for some reason, it indicated that the establishment caters to gays. I was also hoping nobody I knew drove by and saw my friend and I walking out of a gay bar and got the wrong idea!
Was on the metro last night seated next to a college student reading a paper about stock market psychology... I read it out of the corner of my eye and then said to her, "hey, I can't help but notice you're reading about so-and-so" and we talked.
I'm usually a shy person, but I do have an interesting story about "striking up a conversation". In early 1986, a friend of mine and I went into a bar. We sat at the bar and both of us ordered a beer. They had DJ music playing and we were checking out two gals that were sitting together at a table and contemplating asking one, or both of them to dance with us. Another guy sat next to me at the bar and he was trying to start a conversation, just basic small talk, but to my surprise, a couple of minutes later, he asked me if I wanted to dance with him! I wasn't sure about what he had said because the music was playing and I barely heard him, so I said "Excuse me?", and he repeated his invitation to dance. I looked at him in disgust and I told him politely that I'd rather dance with one of the two gals sitting at the table a few feet away. He then indicated to me that the place was a gay establishment! At that instant, I tapped on my friend's shoulder and I told him "Let's get the hell out of here, this is a gay bar". We left both beer glasses half full and I can tell you that I've never run out of a place so fast! Apparently, there was a sign at the entrance, which we didn't see for some reason, it indicated that the establishment caters to gays. I was also hoping nobody I knew drove by and saw my friend and I walking out of a gay bar and got the wrong idea!
I will have to ponder this question for a little while, but not long. I will talk to just about anybody, anywhere, anytime, about anything respectable. My mother used to say I had never seen a stranger. It would not matter whether it is a beggar on the street or the president. I enjoy life to its fullest. I love people.
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I wasn't sure about what he had said because the music was playing and I barely heard him, so I said "Excuse me?", and he repeated his invitation to dance. I looked at him in disgust and I told him politely that I'd rather dance with one of the two gals sitting at the table a few feet away. He then indicated to me that the place was a gay establishment! 
