COMMENTS:
Women will love you more when you listen to them.
But, you really got to listen, though.
They will know the difference between you really listening and the half-hearted attempt that most men do.
But don’t take my word for…
Just do it. You will thank me later for it.
Depends on the friend. Some friends want to hear about you and your life while others simply need a shoulder.
When the conversation is about politics, history and religion I talk allot, but I give the others the opportunity to speak their mind. When the conversation is more personal and I feel that the other person wants you to listen, I listen (I don't usually talk about my private life anyway). My greatest success in a personal conversation was to change a girls mood, in one hour, from crying (she got a very small grade on our graduation exam in history college) to laughing. Moments like this make me to regret I didn't become a priest like I intended after finishing elementary school.
I've always been a listener. People trust me with secrets and ask for advice, which is always kinda cool (though knowing your friends are hurting in some way isn't so cool). Sure, if they ask me how I'd handle something or if I've ever gone through something similar, then I suppose it's a given that you'll talk about yourself a little. Otherwise, I listen. It reassures them that they'll always have someone to confide in.
Personally, I speak about as well as Mush-Mouth from the old Fat Albert cartoons. Probably why I'm fairly good with the written word. Still, in conversation, I sit back and let the other parties do the chatting.
The most intelligent people of the word tend to be the most quiet. :) They listen and soak it all in and don't rush to be the next one to talk.
for me personnaly it deppands on the cirtein friend.
there are who I talk more and there others who I listen more.
another thing is the subject of the conversetion... I usually know alot on music,politics,history and movies so when were talking about stuff like that I tend to talk more.
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