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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you directly inviting her into the conversation? Or are you just talking, talking, talking?

I'm on the introvert/extrovert border. I can carry a conversation when others seem more shy/reserved/uncomfortable. I can speak to a room full of people, easily, without nerves.

But sometimes, it's hard to get a word in, and [b]after a few attempts, I sit back and let the big personalities go to it.[/b] They interrupt me, and each other. On nights like that, I set the example by not interrupting others or dominating the conversation. Some big talkers ask a question and answer it themselves! It is SO annoying and rude.

If you make an effort, and they still clam up, that's one thing. But if you don't give others a chance to speak, you're the boor-ing one, even if they are boring.[/quote]

This.  I'm introverted in that big gatherings exhaust me, but I love conversation with one or a few close friends.  But the big personalities who just talk, talk, talk I find draining.  Why would I try to insert myself in whatever they're saying?  They don't listen to me anyway.

You said there were three others, OP, and I have totally been in that situation where the three others just talk and interrupt, etc., as PP noted.  So, yeah, I probably wouldn't say much in that case because there seems little point.[/quote]

And those personality types tend not to ask questions.  They just talk about themselves and make statements.[/quote]

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