Comments on: #159: Don’t Talk To Strangers

By: dkzody

dkzody — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:16:18 +0000

I have always been an extrovert. I talk to everyone. When our daughter was little (she’s still young, so I can’t use that description for this tale), she would tell me, “don’t talk to people.” She also said, “don’t sing,” so I paid little to no attention to her requests. She is now a lovely young mother of two tiny people, and she is a minister. When I am out with her, she practically stops people on the street to talk to them. She is much more brazen about it than I was or am. Yet, she still says to me, “don’t tell people everything you know.” I’m waiting…

By: Lisa von Lempke

Lisa von Lempke — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:01:33 +0000

The best way to not seem old is to, for God’s sakes,

NOT ACT YOUNG

It’s only the old who act young. Don’t try to appear fit, and sit upright in your chair. Young people hang back, with their legs up.

Act as lazy and uninterested as you can, and you will definitely seem young.

By: Pamela Redmond Satran

Pamela Redmond Satran — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:27:53 +0000

Thanks, Christine. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way, because the kids are too cool, or too shy-pretending-to-be-cool, to talk to anyone they don’t know.

By: Christine London

Christine London — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:17:18 +0000

But if the kids were to strike up a conversation with some other cooler than cool kid(s)–well–that would be copacetic, no?
I wonder when it becomes a desired acquired skill–this talking to strangers. Maybe when the kidos discover that the human resources guy across the table is a stranger who definitely needs to be impressed by his/her verbal interactions. lol.
Thanks for the fun blog. 🙂
Christine London
christinelondon “dot” com