When you get into a conversation with someone is it a meaningful conversation or just an exchange of words? Is it mentally stimulating? Thoughts?

I very rarely get into a deep conversation with anyone, in my whole life. I'm not a chatty person to begin with, and only a few things I'd like to talk to people about. To answer the question, no I don't have many meaningful conversations.

Silence is a beautiful thing.
Conversations should be short.
Meaningful needn't be consuming.

It depends on the person, subject, and sometimes place.

I have to feel out the mood of the person, if I talk at all.

I talk less and less these days. I talk more in one night here, than I do in three months off the computer.

I'll know usually if I sincerely greet someone and look at their eye contact and body language.

I know, darkowl. I sometimes talk to people about music for a few days, but that's all.

Yeah it depends on the subject and the way the other person interacts, I dislike when you have to fight to get a word in..

I would rather slash my .....
neighbours tires
than chit chat about nothing.

If I am tired, I can't talk,
If it is 30 minutes after I wake up in the morning, I can't talk.

I avoid people who can't have a meaningful conversations.

Sometimes both.
Sometimes it seems like one or the other, but turns out to be neither.


Sometimes. Sometimes not.
Sometimes it seems mentally stimulating, but it's really just emotionally satisfying.


See?

oldkid fell asleep a long time ago, and I don't have anything else to say.

The deepest conversations I have, is with my cats

It seems I'm not much different than most of the rest of you. I can enjoy a meaningful, thought provoking conversation about most anything. What I can't tolerate is people who want to talk just to hear themselves talk or just to hear another human voice - I get bored rapidly. I much prefer email because I can reply when I have a few free minutes without being expected to chit-chat for the next 30-45 minutes.

Meaningful conversation? That's a moot point, to some conversation about the weather is mentally stimulating .

I usually have good stimulating conversation with those I choose to chat with.
If the man interests me, I will welcome his conversation. I have to be attracted to him first.

yes

Conversation is a central element of several facets of my life.

Since I work repairing things for others, I use conversation of several different kinds every day, as a matter of course. I converse with support people to diagnose and arrange repairs. I converse with customers both to arrange work, and to negotiate their psychological reactions to the need for work. I converse with fellow techs and superiors, as a part of guiding the company, participating in how everyone in it relates to me.

I come from a fairly intellectually oriented family, so I have in depth conversations about all sorts of things with the remaining members.

When trying to find and build a relationship, conversation is as much or more significant for me than most actions. People reveal more about the subtleties of themselves through conversation, than they do with their activities, because WHY a person does something (or doesn't) is far more pervasive in shaping their lives than WHAT they do.

and of course, I write as a basic core part of my life, so I am always in conversation with existence in that way.

I only have deep conversations with close friends not strangers. When it comes to strangers I keep it short, simple, and overall general. Deep conversations with a stranger is not safe and will allow them to build a profile on you.

Fact

Sometimes, you can be with a friend, and no conversation is happening, and even though there could be, there's no need, cause you're just "be" and it's a good feeling... could be a road-trip or you're putting something together, or maybe just cooking... just a "pure" time, i guess would describe it best.

Why should we can try to talk together then

I feel more comfortable with random chit chat cuz im bad at expressing my thoughts and feelings.