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Communication with strangers.

When invited to a company of people for a vacation, you cannot always expect that all people will be familiar to you. How to communicate with strangers?

If you are naturally sociable, then there is no need to tell you how to behave with strangers, but there is a category of people who experience difficulties being surrounded by unfamiliar or unfamiliar people. And spending an evening in the company, but alone, is not the best entertainment.

In order to establish communication with strangers, it is best not to wait until they notice you and get to know you, but to take the initiative yourself. For such purposes, you can involve the owner of the house and ask to introduce you either to the whole group of people, or to each individually. But if you cannot find the owner, or the company has gathered in neutral territory, then you can approach any person who, in your opinion, is the most pleasant for communication and, after greeting and introducing himself, start a conversation on the topic that interests you (or just ask the person what exactly brought him to this particular company).

When you start a conversation with a person, try to alternate questions about the interlocutor and his interests with stories about yourself, otherwise the conversation may turn out to be like an interrogation.

To continue the conversation, you can ask about the profession of this person, his hobbies, his preferences in choosing a vacation, express your opinion on this matter and talk about your own hobbies, about your vacation.

It does not hurt to ask a new friend for his opinion on the dishes offered at a party or decorating the room where the entertainment takes place.

Do not hesitate to come up and take care of a stranger: serve him some thing, give him a dish with food, a drink, and the like.

Do not skimp on compliments - they can endear a person to you without undue stress, but avoid compliments that are too frank - this can make an unpleasant impression. Pay attention to the clothing accessories of the interlocutor, express your admiration and ask where the person got such a charm.

Don't forget your sense of humor. But this does not mean that you need to start dating with stories of anecdotes, since not every society considers anecdotes to be decent entertainment, and you may not know which category of people you will encounter in the company. It is better to tell something comical from your life and laugh heartily again with new acquaintances.

In the company of strangers, you may need your horizons, so broaden it at every opportunity so that during a difficult acquaintance period you will have something to talk about with the person and demonstrate some knowledge on the topic of the conversation that has started.