Are You a Good Conversationalist on All Age Levels?

One thing I find is that we can all learn something from everyone that we talk to - even if the thing we learn is to avoid that person as much as possible, because they are just plain boring or their conversation has no interest whatsoever for me. :) I do talk to a wide variety of people, because that is how I was bought up plus most of them will have a different opinion to me, or bring new perspective into something that I thought I knew about. I also like to listen to people, and particularly the young as they are often so excited about something that it just bursts out of them. Also many children are very intuitive, see things very clearly in black and white, and although they can be brutally honest all they are really doing is telling how they see things. As adults we do seem to lose being able to see things through the eyes of a child. It is okay to hear that all the family are fine and that little Johnny won the egg & spoon race but I do not need a blow by blow description either. Generally if we are out somewhere at a social event and I don't know many people, I will look around for someone who is by themself. Venture up to them and make a few comments and we can take it from there. Those make the best conversations I often find, because the person who is standing by themself is often shy. So when someone comes up and makes some rather bland comment, they are often more than happy to talk about anything at all, but being shy it is rarely about themselves. Now these can be very interesting conversations and in fact it was simply through doing this about 20 years ago that I first met a woman who has since become a very close friend. :) The day we cannot learn anything at all should also be the day that we die.

I love talking to people from all walks of life and different ages. I learn so much and like you I always ask alot of questions. I work with 3-5 year olds and they are great to converse with. I have such a laugh with them. Also, I can be on the same wavelength as my daughters late teenager mates as I do not patronise but respect their views. Older people than myself I have great respect for as they can pass down their wisdom which I am eager to know. I am studying language at the moment and it is sad that 1 in 10 children today have language difficulties due to the fact that they do not have the oppotunities to have conversations and socially interact with adults and their peers. Different generations should definately converse more!!!

I talk frankly and one word is enough for me. I am lazy in Talking to each otherespecially nonsense topics. I only enjoy talking to a person whose topics are resourceful. I am not saying to dull person or less educated person, there are some less intelligent person talk meaningful and disciplinary.

No wonder I like you so much...LOL. I love having conversations with people from all age groups and all walks of life. You can always learn something from anyone, whether you have the same views or not. I work with younger people (my kids' ages or younger), and they love to ask my opinion about things. I guess they figure I've been around long enough to give them an intelligent answer, even if they don't agree with it. I also ask their opinions about things going on in the world and get their take on things. It's interesting, to say the least. All the kids in my family were raised around older adults and always feel comfortable talking to an adult. It's weird when I find a kid who absolutely will NOT have a decent conversation with an adult...won't even try. I feel sorry for them. They are missing out on so much. It's the same for adults that won't have a conversation with a child. It works both ways. We can all learn something from each other, no matter what our age.