Make the conversations about him. People love talking about themselves.
Thanks for the advice. I tried it today. Although he was more talkative today than he had been the last couple of days, when the conversation starting dying out, I asked him about him, some mutual friends, his work, etc. And it did help to keep him talking.
In fact, it even got me a 1/2 invitation to go to a mutual friend's wedding next weekend. I had asked him if he needed to take any dress clothes with him when he left today, or did he want me to make sure the dress clothes that he chose were clean and pressed. So he told me what pants and shirt he was planning on wearing and then said "you can go to the wedding if you want". So I guess I'll make sure I have something to wear ready in case he brings it up again. But I'm not going to push the issue in case he changes his mind and wants to back out of the invitation. That way I don't make him feel pressured.
