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Where is the best place to go to engage in polite conversation with random strangers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by N0t_5ure@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've been working on myself after coming out of a toxic long-term relationship that destroyed my social network, and am quite rusty at engaging with people I don't know. I'm also an introvert by nature, but am capable of overruling that nature and engaging with people when I consciously try. At this point I feel like I just need to boost my experience and restore a level of comfort in engaging with people I don't know. When I go out (by myself), I tend to go see live music, which is fun but generally not conducive to conversation. Ultimately I'd like to restore my rusty social skills for the purposes of interacting with members of the opposite sex, but at this point I just need to work on engaging with people in general. WHat say you, people of Lemmy?

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I started taking German classes and it's a small class of about 15 people and the bulk of them are now casual friends a few years later. Some good friends. It's awesome.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah I find people to be far more amendable in educational contexts than they are generally. My Russian class is the only place anyone seems to think my interest in Russian literature is cool.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I live in Southern California, and have been learning Spanish on my own using the comprehensible input method. I have pretty decent comprehension at this point, and could really use some practice speaking. I'll look into this.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

I went from about eight years on Duolingo, not progressing, and within one year in a class environment, I eclipsed my eight years easily. 4 years in German class, I have friends, and am in Germany now, listening to my wife and her old friends shoot the shit, and I understand a LOT of it. More than they'd like me to 😁