Ive been hit or miss on the conversation starters, been making a slow effort to talk to strangers though. Its something I rarely did in the past.
People watching has always amused me; these days I observe way more than I used to. Used to just superficially look at their clothes or their hair or whatever; now I watch their motions, their expressions, their behaviors, etc. Its been interesting to say the least.
Something I always struggled with was catching the subtle signs a woman is interested. In watching people when I am out and about ive started being able to pick up some of those signs when watching them interact with others. Casual touching, hair fiddling, using the chapstick every 15 minutes, leaning closer even though the guy is plenty loud, etc. Its also easy to see the disinterest when it exists, and you just want to go tell the poor guy to go bark up another tree and stop buying drinks. Ultimately you don't though because its not your business; doesn't mean I cant learn from observing though!
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