talk to a stranger

I’m still far too scared to social skydive Xl
BUT! I’ve started being more chatty to strangers I meet, people giving out leaflets and serving me at tills and stuff. They don’t usually talk back much but they act kinda shocked and pleased when I ask how their day is going. It’s a good start =)

I think it knew somehow =X
it’s really interesting and inspiring! and introduces talking to strangers as ‘social skydiving’ which sounds loooads cooler =)

the website’s here

I really really want to do this! but how do you go about it? “hi I like your shoes”? lol and I’m worried people will think I’m trying to hit on them and not want to talk to me =(

Spoke to a stranger today =] i felt awkward at first but then just thought oh wat the hell =P and laughed and said hi it was good ^^) lets see if i can do it again tomarrow thought i still dont manage to smile at strangers if i dont talk to them?

I Really Really want to talk to a stranger, i go to college and im not very confident or happy – i rarely speak to anyone i just have my 2 close friends from highschool and everyone eles i know from highschool. People always start conversations with me when they dont know me. I cant do that i cant speak to complete strangers and i want to so much! Im so underconfident im not good at even talking to current friends. Pleaseee mee!! Come on talk to a stranger just 1 compliment!! pleaseeee!! I want to do this so much! Oh and another problem i have….. i never take my headphones out? music has become such a addiction it replaces my social loss =( i’d feel comfortable talking to someone eles who listened to their headphones a lot all the time.. but how can you when they cant hear you?

my 21-year old son and I were sitting in Wal-Mart waiting for his haircut for 3 hours, we met the most friendly and charming elderly woman. After over 2 hours of waiting, they told her to just come back tomorrow. She still stayed for another half an hour just to keep chatting with my son. She kept sending her husband back into Wal-Mart to buy one more item. Yes, one item each time. When he asked her why just one item, she answered that it’d take him longer that way.

She started conversation with me by commenting on the book I was reading (or trying to read). I’m always up for a book discussion. But what really made me like her was that she identified herself by how many children she had/ had raised and how many grandchildren she has. When she mentioned them, I saw such love and passion on her face. That’s how I feel about kids, especially my own and the ones who hang out with us. There are people who start by talking about their work, places they’ve lived, places they’ve traveled, or sports they’ve done. None of that impresses me as much as a caring mother/grandmother.

For two weeks I was studying in a different city. Every other morning we would go out and do different activities around town. One morning, I would up interviewing strangers about their jobs. The next week, I found myself asking random people what things they wanted in life, and what they wanted to get rid of. It was an exciting and thought-provoking experience, and I’d definitely do it again.

I strongly feel we are all extensions of one another. How can I not do this again?

it was the most enlightening experience ever, which i will probably do again and again and again …

one of the most funniest experiences of my life.
okay, i didn’t initiate the conversation, but i generally would never talk to people that talk to me first.
|me waiting in line at a nightclub to buy a drink|
|guy walks over to me| “you’ve changed mann”
me: huh? |decides to go along with it|* oh yeaaaah, its.. you!
|converses breifly with this strange good looking guy|
|my friend walks over| “who is this guy?”
me: oh just some guy i knew back in vietnam
|he throws his arm around me| “yeah we go way back”
rofl, thank god this one gets taken off my list.