Way to kick a newbie in the nuts, people. He made a simple typo and now you’re making him feel unwelcome through jokes he doesn’t get and hijacks he has expressly stated he doesn’t want.
Themis00, are you jealous of your friends? The ones who went on vacation? That’s the only answer I can come up with as to why you’re not carrying on a conversation with them. How can you relate? By asking them questions, that’s how!
What did they do? Who did they meet? Any interesting stories? What time did they get up? What time did they go to bed? What was the weather like down there? Did they have sex? What positions?
If you truly don’t care about their conversation, then don’t ask anything. But “how and hell can (you) relate”?
If conversations had to be limited to only things you had actually done, the world would be pretty damn boring.
I’m assuming these friends of yours called you anti-social for not joining in. How did you respond?
Did you point out to them that they were having a conversation which was “deliberately” excluding you?
Unless they were specking about specifics of the holiday or “What Happened at Work Last Wednesday”, and refused to explain to you, then you sitting and sulking because you’re not currently the centre of attention doesn’t really bode well for the friendship.
There are always going to be conversations you are party to that have bugger all to do with you except for the fact they involve people who are supposed to be your friends, give them a chance to get their stuff off their chests, then change the subject.
That said, if this happens consistantly, maybe you should look for people you have more in common with.
I’m always interested in conversations about what happened at work last Wednesday (or whatever day), particularly if I wasn’t there, even more particularly if it’s a place I don’t work. Because if I wasn’t there, I have to get the scoop on what happened while I was out, and if it’s about a place I don’t work at, I can laugh my ass off at the stupid people without worrying about it getting back to them.
Main Entry: [2]con·vers-ate
Pronunciation: k&n-'v&rs 8
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): con·ver-sat-ed; con·ver-sati·ing
Etymology: Middle English, to live (with), from Middle French converser, from Latin conversari
Date: 1586
1 : archaic : to have acquaintance or familiarity with oneself
2 : to carry on an exchange similar to a conversation with one’s pundenda until orgasm occurs
But if a duo of people are conversating about a trip they both took and one of them isn’t conversating then only one of them is conversating and I don’t think you can really conversate with yourself too excellently.
Hey Caught, see Rysdad’s def. post above yours to show that one can indeed ‘conversate’ with oneself, and if orgasm occurs, it could be said to be most excellently.
