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by JoeAltmaier
2489 days ago
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Asking questions of strangers used to be the height of rudeness (200 years ago). I think it was Americans who pioneered the impudent query in conversation. They got castigated for it in writing of that era anyway. I've tried leaving out the questions. Observations work about as well. "This meeting is certainly lasting a long time", "I've never met so-and-so...", "What a nice venue for a get-together!" and so on. I can certainly see how conversations could work without constantly prompting your partner for content. |
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