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Questions based on return.

I want to know whether you think that people are so self-centered that they only ask conversational questions to have them asked back to them or if they are actually nice people, interested in what you have to say.
I’ll give the standard example of “how was your weekend?”. Is this asked really because that person is genuinely interested in your weekend, or are they asking because they had a spectacular time or a really good story about their own weekend that they really want to tell?
What it comes down to:
Are people really only interested in talking about themselves when it comes to conversational questions?
Or are people so nice and good that they actually want to take the time to listen to you?

Hard, I know. But think it over.

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rememberpoe offline Verified User (2 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 minutes after post)

I think everyone is different. Depends on the person.

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Nensix offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Nottingham, J8, GB | 1 year, 8 months ago (10 minutes after post)

Are people nice? Only some of them. You can’t generalise. 10 people might ask the same questions for 10 different reasons.

I make small talk for selfish reasons, to distract myself, but I try to avoid talking about myself.

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so_sienzz offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (12 minutes after post)

I think that person might just feel like starting up a conversation so that was just a starter. eg. Feels very awkward with the silence therefore ask “how’s your weekend?” to keep the conversation going.

-peace out-

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CA | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 day, 23 hours after post)

There’s something about Canadians. They always ask “How are you?” Every. Single. Time. And more often than not they’re not listening to the answer. It’s just become a formality.

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