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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're having a conversation with someone who doesn't ask you questions, are you supposed to just offer the information about yourself?

For example, we might be having a conversation where I ask some question.They talk for a while in response but then we get to that point of the conversation where they might turn it back saying, "How about you?," or "what's your experience?" they don't. And I tend to not volunteer personal information unsolicited but instead talk more generally about what they just told me.

It occurred to me that there's a lot of people I know a lot about who know basically nothing about me. Should I volunteer more? How?[/quote]

No. These are people who just want to talk, and even if you do make an effort to talk about yourself, they are just waiting for you to finish so that they can talk some more. I also know many people who know nothing about me but I know all about their upcoming vacation and their daughter’s soccer tournament. I don’t count them as friends, just acquaintances. Just be happy that you can recognize the difference because most of these type of people cannot. They are totally ignorant that they show no interest or curiosity about the person they are talking to. [/quote]

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