So earlier today I was talking with a friend and we talked about how nice it was to have a normal conversation (spell check wanted to change that to converts for a moment and I find that hilarious). Problem is that most of us like to have different kinds of conversations or talk about different topics. So what to you is a normal conversation. Answer the poll and fill us in on the types of things you like to talk about (yes you can pick more than one). It's a public poll so hopefully we can find people who like to talk about the same types of things.
Let's have a normal conversation
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To understand how a person is today as to their current thought process it is necessary to consider the events of the past that helped to define such person. I enjoy open and honest conversation that expresses hopes and aspirations. I love talking about the role God has played in our lives and where we are going from this point forward. To me a conversation is an ongoing process of getting to know a woman and will include elements of playfulness, affection and romance. Above all else, it will be private and intimate. I am not qualified to even to offer an opinion on what would constitute a normal conversation exclusive of romantic interest with someone other than the woman that I love.
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- Pop culture: the latest movies, TV shows
- In depth discussions on ideas (scientific, philosophical, theological, etc)
- Catching up on news about my friends
- I want to talk about our lives and challenges we're facing
- I enjoy some nonsense verbal banter
These are the things I generally talk about. Naturally, I often have different types of normal conversations with different people eg. Arlene, family, friends, acquaintances, people at church, etc. But with my loved ones I usually talk faith (including creation vs evolution), entertainment, life in general and silly random nonsense. But I have little patience for gossip and small talk and I really don't care for sports.
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I can talk for hours about food, chocolate or computers. I could talk for DAYS about music. Pick your poison and prepare to be bored to tears. 
Okay, seriously... in normal conversation I can talk about whatever the topic is. If I don't know anything about the topic I listen. A friend of mine at church is really into stunt bikes, of which I know nothing, but it does him good to enthuse about the topic so sometimes I listen to him enthuse for a while. Then we go on to a topic we both know something about, like what new kind of dark chocolate we found and where we found it. Or I might relate a trick I found out in the computer world.
If you talk to me about sports, any movie or TV show, or any star of said movie or TV show you will probably have to do most of the talking. But I can listen.
Talking about conversations though, one of my favorite things to do in the mall (while I'm waiting for others to go shopping) is to park my carcass on a bench and wait for a conversation to start. You meet so many different kinds of people, and you don't have to try to start a conversation. They just start.
Once I was in a mall on Black Friday. No, I was not fighting the crowds to shop. *shudder* I was just waiting for my friends, who were shopping warriors par excellence. There was a little train going through the mall, a kid's ride, "The Santa Express." This elderly lady sitting beside me started singing to herself an old gospel song, This Train is Bound for Glory - "I hear that train a'comin / Comin' round the curve." As a bona fide, card carrying music nut I had that song in my collection (by Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters) so I started singing with her, and we finished the song in grand style. Then we started talking about old gospel music, and the time passed swiftly.
Anything can start a conversation. Once I was at the hospital with my family, visiting someone who had cancer. While there, I popped down to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat, and wound up getting some lasagna. While I was eating it in the waiting room a group of friends was in the waiting room talking, and one of them happened to ask "Hey, what ya eating?" I said it was lasagna, then I said, "But you know, it seems odd that a hospital cafeteria would be serving this. It's almost like they're trying to drum up business for the cardiac wing. "'Here you go, hope you enjoy it... see you soon!'" That was a good ice breaker, and we proceeded to have a nice conversation. Never knew who those people were, never saw them again, but I bet they remember the lasagna guy.
Okay, seriously... in normal conversation I can talk about whatever the topic is. If I don't know anything about the topic I listen. A friend of mine at church is really into stunt bikes, of which I know nothing, but it does him good to enthuse about the topic so sometimes I listen to him enthuse for a while. Then we go on to a topic we both know something about, like what new kind of dark chocolate we found and where we found it. Or I might relate a trick I found out in the computer world.
If you talk to me about sports, any movie or TV show, or any star of said movie or TV show you will probably have to do most of the talking. But I can listen.
Talking about conversations though, one of my favorite things to do in the mall (while I'm waiting for others to go shopping) is to park my carcass on a bench and wait for a conversation to start. You meet so many different kinds of people, and you don't have to try to start a conversation. They just start.
Once I was in a mall on Black Friday. No, I was not fighting the crowds to shop. *shudder* I was just waiting for my friends, who were shopping warriors par excellence. There was a little train going through the mall, a kid's ride, "The Santa Express." This elderly lady sitting beside me started singing to herself an old gospel song, This Train is Bound for Glory - "I hear that train a'comin / Comin' round the curve." As a bona fide, card carrying music nut I had that song in my collection (by Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters) so I started singing with her, and we finished the song in grand style. Then we started talking about old gospel music, and the time passed swiftly.
Anything can start a conversation. Once I was at the hospital with my family, visiting someone who had cancer. While there, I popped down to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat, and wound up getting some lasagna. While I was eating it in the waiting room a group of friends was in the waiting room talking, and one of them happened to ask "Hey, what ya eating?" I said it was lasagna, then I said, "But you know, it seems odd that a hospital cafeteria would be serving this. It's almost like they're trying to drum up business for the cardiac wing. "'Here you go, hope you enjoy it... see you soon!'" That was a good ice breaker, and we proceeded to have a nice conversation. Never knew who those people were, never saw them again, but I bet they remember the lasagna guy.
um... i kind of prefer to talk about things that are curious to me. science, psychology, animals, philosophy, the bible, adventuring and travel, cultural differences, healthy stuff, food, and the list goes on.
and i love to hear about what people have learned, which is one of the reasons i love to talk to old people, curious people, and those who are observant, or searching. people who teach me about myself just by being around them.
most of all, i love it when people teach me things. and make me laugh.
and i love to hear about what people have learned, which is one of the reasons i love to talk to old people, curious people, and those who are observant, or searching. people who teach me about myself just by being around them.
most of all, i love it when people teach me things. and make me laugh.
Anything can start a conversation. Once I was at the hospital with my family, visiting someone who had cancer. While there, I popped down to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat, and wound up getting some lasagna. While I was eating it in the waiting room a group of friends was in the waiting room talking, and one of them happened to ask "Hey, what ya eating?" I said it was lasagna, then I said, "But you know, it seems odd that a hospital cafeteria would be serving this. It's almost like they're trying to drum up business for the cardiac wing. "'Here you go, hope you enjoy it... see you soon!'" That was a good ice breaker, and we proceeded to have a nice conversation. Never knew who those people were, never saw them again, but I bet they remember the lasagna guy.
Cinder can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the OP necessarily meant a conversation between a man and a woman, but rather a conversation among mixed genders, such as what you may find in the CC forums. Perhaps she is looking for fodder to start more interesting threads, which would be great! But I don't see how anyone could interpret her original post as being in regards to romantic conversations, with the sports, outdoors, current events topics and all as suggestions for topics.
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I know the answers I checked are going to seem like a huge dichotomy.
Either that, or it's going to make me sound like an unmedicated schizophrenic. (That's a joke... please don't take offense, as I was once in school to work within the mental health field.)
I selected a plethora of topics I LOVE to talk about... and then marked the box that said I hate talking to people.
Please let me explain. One of the reasons my threads/posts are so doggone long here is because in real life, I don't get much of a chance to talk. Seeing as I ask a lot of questions as conversation starters... people automatically deem me The Listener and so 99% of the time, I'm listening but am rarely ever asked to reply (or given the chance to, as the speaker has mastered the art of conversing without even stopping for air.)
When I say I don't like to be bothered talking to people, what I mean is, I find myself running into people who can only seem to talk about One Thing, such as bitterness towards someone they can't stand, Baby Mama (or Daddy) Drama, who's sleeping with who, how much they drank last night, and even Christians who fixate on one area of faith and seem to think that talking about anything else is a vast downhill slide into immorality.
I LOVE good conversation... especially TWO-WAY conversation about a VARIETY of subjects (not necessarily all in the same conversation, but for example, if I've known Person X for some time and all they talk about is how much everyone else has done them wrong EVERY time I talk to Person X... I will have a tendency to try to avoid talking to Person X at any cost.)
I LONG for someone I can REALLY talk to and be MYSELF around... which means... having a chance to actually talk back. And even... gasp... possibly even be asked questions I find meaningful.
I would also like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere apologies to anyone and everyone who has ever been been in chat... and heard me go off on a mad rage of binge-talking.
Either that, or it's going to make me sound like an unmedicated schizophrenic. (That's a joke... please don't take offense, as I was once in school to work within the mental health field.)
I selected a plethora of topics I LOVE to talk about... and then marked the box that said I hate talking to people.
Please let me explain. One of the reasons my threads/posts are so doggone long here is because in real life, I don't get much of a chance to talk. Seeing as I ask a lot of questions as conversation starters... people automatically deem me The Listener and so 99% of the time, I'm listening but am rarely ever asked to reply (or given the chance to, as the speaker has mastered the art of conversing without even stopping for air.)
When I say I don't like to be bothered talking to people, what I mean is, I find myself running into people who can only seem to talk about One Thing, such as bitterness towards someone they can't stand, Baby Mama (or Daddy) Drama, who's sleeping with who, how much they drank last night, and even Christians who fixate on one area of faith and seem to think that talking about anything else is a vast downhill slide into immorality.
I LOVE good conversation... especially TWO-WAY conversation about a VARIETY of subjects (not necessarily all in the same conversation, but for example, if I've known Person X for some time and all they talk about is how much everyone else has done them wrong EVERY time I talk to Person X... I will have a tendency to try to avoid talking to Person X at any cost.)
I LONG for someone I can REALLY talk to and be MYSELF around... which means... having a chance to actually talk back. And even... gasp... possibly even be asked questions I find meaningful.
I would also like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere apologies to anyone and everyone who has ever been been in chat... and heard me go off on a mad rage of binge-talking.
Your house is electric? I run on batteries 'cause I am a cyborg. I may need to recharge soon and I will plug myself into the nearest outlet. During the charging process I may emit a soft glow so please don't be alarmed as that is normal for me. I will still be able to have conversation while this is happening but you may have to pull my string to make me talk.
You are most correct sir as to the intent of the OP regarding conversation. The point I was trying to make was the type of conversation that I most enjoy is a one on one intimate conversation with the woman that I love. I am conversant in most topics and during my lifetime I have had thousands of conversations with peoples of many cultures, religions and backgrounds. As for these conversations actually being 'normal', as I have already stated, I don't have a clue.
Well, maybe there is no such thing as a normal conversation!
And there was nothing wrong with including conversations of the sort your post described. I just noticed that yours was the very first response and I didn't want cinder's thread to get derailed before it played itself out.
And there was nothing wrong with including conversations of the sort your post described. I just noticed that yours was the very first response and I didn't want cinder's thread to get derailed before it played itself out.
just in case ya didn't know...
blond (no "e") = men
blonde (with an "e") = women
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Blond or Blonde?
Blond or Blonde?
The words blond and blonde come from the French and follow somewhat the French pattern. Blond (without the e) is used to describe males, mixed gender, or uncertain gender. Blonde refers to women or female gender.
In modern use, blond is sometimes used for female as well as male, but blonde is preferred for female.
Not saying there is anything to "correct," as you may be using the term in the "modern" use as described. But people may or may not know this.
blond (no "e") = men
blonde (with an "e") = women
from
Blond or Blonde?
Blond or Blonde?
The words blond and blonde come from the French and follow somewhat the French pattern. Blond (without the e) is used to describe males, mixed gender, or uncertain gender. Blonde refers to women or female gender.
In modern use, blond is sometimes used for female as well as male, but blonde is preferred for female.
Not saying there is anything to "correct," as you may be using the term in the "modern" use as described. But people may or may not know this.
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I want to talk about our lives and challenges we're facing
I just love talking to people; couldn't care less about the topic
I want to talk about something else (let us know in your post)
Personally I think tourist's post #2 could possibly fit into any of the three category's above especially the last one which he expressed in his post. Nothing wrong with mixed conversation or a romantic one.
I just love talking to people; couldn't care less about the topic
I want to talk about something else (let us know in your post)
Personally I think tourist's post #2 could possibly fit into any of the three category's above especially the last one which he expressed in his post. Nothing wrong with mixed conversation or a romantic one.