How to chat someone up

Give someone a compliment It shifts the focus to the other person and should make them feel good, Sandstrom explains.

You can download the clips at the bottom of thetogether with a pdf version of the quiz. Be curious Ask questions.

Research shows the opposite, however, that people nearly always are willing to engage in a conversation when prompted by someone else. In a pub A question can either kick yow a conversation or keep it going, Sandstrom says.

Can I get you a drink? You get better at asking better questions, and answering with more interesting responses.

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Decide if the person indicated might be interested in the other person. Focusing the attention on the other person in those moments can help us get past those awkward spots, she says.

Research actually suggests that people who ask skmeone questions are better liked by their conversation partners than people who ask fewer questions. You'll need to listen to what they say and the way they say it.

Our fear assumptions fail to take into the social norms of politeness, Schroeder says. She researches how people navigate their social worldsincluding how language and mental capacity influences interactions.