In my last post regarding friendship, it was about coming up with a pickup line for meeting new potential friends- and I brought in the fact that you shouldn’t try to be too awkward when drumming up conversation. That’s helpful – but might not be easy to come up with .
Today I have a simple, but new hint involving self-deprecation- that is – announcing that you’re not perfect. I know its easy for ME to come up with something like that, so , here’s to sharing:
Showing you are vulnerable, giving up your under belly, opening the komona, whatever- these are examples comments that are revealing about yourself that shows that you do not have your act together-
- “I’ve never been to a class like this before, and I’m a little nervous”
- “Wow, this is tougher than it looks – are you any better?”
- “Oh, this is so beautiful! How do you keep this store so clean?”
- “How do you make your child behave so well?”
- “My mind is racing to come up with that woman’s name- do you know who she is?”
By admitting you are one grape short of a bunch, you are letting your own guard down- making it easier for the person you are approaching to not be so guarded themselves- and there’s nothing more awkward than a guarded conversation about… the weather.
Also, by admitting your failing, you give your conversation partner the opportunity to showcase what he or she knows, and that’s a guaranteed way to make even the more guarded person more talkative.
It seems a funny question, but has putting yourself down worked for you?
Looking forward to reading more. Great post. Cool.
It’s sad we can’t just offer an extra cookie to the person sittin gnext to us, like in kindergarten!