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What makes for conversational cringe-fest and how to avoid doing it
3 anecdotes that demonstrate conversation killers
Close friends might accept you for how you are. No matter what your tastes in food, people, music, or movies, they will let you be.
Such a friendship only develops with time. No matter how much you “click” in the first meeting — real, deep, and honest friendships form only over years. There is no way around that long road.
As kids, conversation meant simply hurling the first thing that came to mind, and thankfully, it was accepted. Adulthood is harder. What kills off a budding friendship in adulthood is bad conversation.
Regardless of whether you want to make new friends or just make good decent acquaintances, here are conversation killers you are better off avoiding.
The Food Overdose
I lived in a shared apartment with 5 others.
People moved in and out of our apartment constantly as they finished their internships or exchange semesters. In the course of my two years in that apartment, I lived with a health freak. Let’s…
