What can you talk about? with a person you like or etc?

Current events, art, music, movies, ideas, future plans, sports, games, J-Lo and Ben, books, magazine articles, travel, new technology, mowing the yard, archaeology, Mars....there are a lot of things in the world to talk about!

MisterEthoughts, If you are sincere, always engage anyone in a topic about themselves, then let them do the talking punctuated with a genuine question or two. Chances are, they'll want to know about you, too. That is the way we find common interests, and the exchanges aren't stilted or forced. It always surprised my students when I began the new school year by asking them to write a brief statement about what they would like to learn. I was amazed at the diversity as well as the commonalities.

What to you talk about
There's always companionable silence. That's when you think your own thoughts, but simply enjoy the closeness of being with a particular person. Or do you think your own thoughts boring?

MrEthoughts, one way to practice your interpersonal relationships, is to acknowledge the people here who have tried to help you.

What would you like to talk about?

What do you like doing? Do you have any hobbies, interests? If you talk about something that interests yourself, you'll probably be enthusiastic about it, which is always a plus in rousing the other's interest as well.

Letty has a good point about asking questions - most people like to talk about themselves, their interests, preoccupations, so thats always a good way to avoid the other from getting bored, and they might just talk about something that wont bore you, either, and then you'll have made a connection.

if you look up people with the same interests, hobbies, work even, you're most likely to find something to talk about that wont bore either of you. (i mean, i personally like to talk with people who do different stuff from me - but still, this is always a safe option).

Letty has another good point about the importance of follow-up. You can ask the best question in the world, and get an amazing response, but if you just let it hang there, a promising beginning will fizzle quickly.

Letty
You are one amazing lady!

Thank you, my friends, for your positive comments. Now if MisterEthoughts would appear

thank you all so much for this it defenitily helped

How about politics, international news, SEX, the space-time continuum, the possibility of interstellar travel, Cro-Magnons, your sexual preference, TV, music, "love that dress you're wearing", religion, Coca-Cola, Calvin Klein, Jupiters moon - is there life on Europa?", Chimpanzees, cars, boats, computers to name a few things. This should get you started.

what can you talk about
And, of course, there's always SEX...

hehe no doubt that always works haha