There can be an unusual phenomenon that occurs when you are having conversations with someone you've just met - you open up.
It can be surprisingly easy for the conversation to lead to soul-baring when the space allows for it.
There is a reason for this - there are no expectations for the conversation chemistry between you. So by virtue of being naturally inquisitive and exploring someone you don't know, the intention allows for investigating a side of you that you may not with those you know well.
Conversations with those you see often, though they may be fun and allow for openness, can level out so that the conversations expectations aren't often driven by curiosity or discovery.
“Tear down your subconscious conversation expectations and make a stranger of a dear friend.”
How can you combat familiarity & conversation expectations?
Here's where I should be encouraging you to use Awkward Silence subscriptions to ask new questions and have new conversations. (And of course, that will help & you should do that.)
But it can help to also approach a conversation like you are strangers, or on a journey of discovery. This opens up the conversation, invites inquisitiveness and encourages exploration.
Occasionally tear down your subconscious conversation expectations and make a stranger of a dear friend.
The conversations can be wonderful. And you may be surprised at what you learn about someone you know.
Let's talk.
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