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Talking to Women: The Contents of Conversation

Unlike this guy, you better be making your woman laugh and smile.
You better be making your girl laugh, unlike this tool.

Those that possess a silver tongue are Gods amongst men. Having great conversation skills is often overlooked a lot and most don’t realize the importance of it. Knowing how to talk and how to talk well can yield you many benefits, especially with women. You can be a wealthy person with great looks and nice cars, but if you don’t know how to hold up a conversation (or worse, don’t know how to communicate well at all), you’re going to be in a lot of trouble.

Be forward

When you’re talking to a girl, you have to take initiative a lot. Meaning, don’t wait around for her to choose a topic or lead the direction of the conversation. That makes you look like you lack leadership and girls consider that as a turn off. When you are talking to her, make sure you’re always talking about something. You never want to have any quiet time. Any silence that lasts for more than 2-3 seconds is considered quiet time.

Try to avoid that like the plague because it shows her that you have nothing interesting to say and you’re boring. There have been times when I had nothing to say, and me and the girl would look around awkwardly. It’s pretty much like taking a dump on any dynamic that you two may have had prior. You need to keep the flow going.

Open-ended statements allow the conversation to grow

The truth is that you can talk about the most menial of things and make a conversation out of it, but you have to approach in an open way. What this means is that you must ask her open ended questions. Open ended questions are questions that don’t have a “Yes” or “No” answer. They are something you can build off of. Best part is that you can come up with open ended questions about ANY topic. Remember, avoid questions or comments that will elicit a yes or no answer because they give you zero room to work with.

P.I.E

Now that you know what to talk about, how do you keep it up?

The contents of your conversation should be positive, interesting, and engaging. A good way to keep up a conversation is to find out something about her and then build on it. For example, you can ask her what she did over the weekend and she says she went dancing. You can then talk to her about things like what kind of dancing she likes, how she feels about dancing, how you’re also interested in dancing, etc.

The key here is that you must BUILD off of what she replies with. Listen to what she’s saying and respond in a manner that will have her bounce back with something else and so forth. Try to avoid “closing statements” such as “Cool”, and “That’s nice” because you don’t want to just end the conversation right there. There is always potential to keep any topic going. Keep it fun and positive–you want her to laugh and generally like what you two are talking about.

The DON’Ts

Beware though; there are a few strict topics that you should NOT talk about, ever. They are instant turn offs and will jeopardize anything that you’ve got going.

I will kill you if you discuss:

  • Your problems, whether it’s personal, financial, health, family, etc. She isn’t here for you to vent.
  • HER problems. If she brings it up, try to change the topic ASAP. You’re not her psychiatrist.
  • Previous relationships. Don’t ever bring it up. Period.
  • Any kinds of complaints or criticisms about anything. Nobody wants to be near a bitter critic.
  • Serious things like religion, philosophy, or politics. Save it for the forums or when you’re drunk with your friends.
  • How much money you make/how successful you are. It just comes off as gloating, arrogant, and cocky (the bad kind). Bragging will make you look immature if anything.

When you talk to a girl, you have to keep her listening. You want her to have fun, engaged, and generally interested in what you’re saying. She needs to think to herself, “Wow! I’m really having fun talking to him!” which will keep her hooked and coming back for more. Remember; say open ended statements which will promote responses from her which you can then use as a platform to further the conversation. When you always have something interesting to say, you’ll always have somebody interested in listening.

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6 Responses

  1. I think you nailed it – it’s important to be interested in what she has to say, and to truly listen to her.

    What you say about avoiding closed statements is particularly true. She will think you’re not interested and not listening. Ouch.

    This is an excellent post, lots of great tips.

  2. TheManRevolution says:

    There have been so many times when a girl would be so excited about something and I’d just say “Oh, awesome.” Girls really take that as disinterest and they get quite bummed and there you go, a lost potential.

    Guys are too busy thinking of what to say than to actually listen to them. Girls give a ridiculous amount of clues that are usually ignored, which is pitiful.

  3. Brent G says:

    Beautifully done.
    I also think after you started talking about a topic like dancing, and don’t know what else to talk about and there is a few seconds of silence after that topic has ended, remember other subjects she mentioned. Like she might mention what music she loves to dance too, even though it was like a short second she said that, you can start a whole new conversation about the music she liked to dance to.
    But, how can you not put in a compilment and then try to be postive. Shouldn’t compliments invite the girl into having a conversation sometimes??

  4. TheManRevolution says:

    Yes, that’s a great idea as well! Like I said earlier, PAY ATTENTION TO HER! She’s a goldmine of ideas!

    If you’re gonna compliment a girl, do it on something subtle. She’s tired of hearing that she has nice eyes or that she’s beautiful. Tell her something she hasn’t heard or something that only she thought she’d notice.

    Hmm, I think I have an idea for a new post now!

  5. Brent G says:

    Yeaah totally, My way of saying a compliment
    is only once a day or week if I see her often OR once somewhere in the conversation if we have a long one. Never at the start, unless I REALLY can start the conversation with that. Also, I always try my best by saying it without being simple. Simple can be good but really its boring and what you said, they are tired of hearing that. Being diverse can really seprate you from all the boring annoying guys she has met. To make first impressions, thats what you want. The way you can say a compliment can seriously make wonders. But it always depends on how and when you say it. However, gotta say saying beautiful is good. Hot, sexy and cute has been said way to much, beautiful is the next best thing.

  6. TheManRevolution says:

    I think you’re misunderstanding what I said. You have the right idea about being diverse, but telling her that she’s beautiful is just more of the same.

    Here, I wrote a post on complimenting effectively: http://www.themanrevolution.com/communication/how-to-compliment-a-girl-effectively-and-really-get-her-attention/

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