Man, super hard for me, sometimes I'm lucky and I can kind of catch on to things. But I mostly use templates of comments which have worked for me in the past: she said A, experience tells me to say B. Unless its a topic I like, then yeah, I can ramble naturally, debate endlessly, get a feel for they're saying, etc. but on a day to day basis, I just rarely come across people with the same passions as me.
but even things like. "hey man, have you ever had a song stuck in your head, and when you finally listen to it, it sucks?" I don't say this because I genuinely care about the topic, but because I know it will start a conversation. again, not at all a natural thing for me.
so.. what were the clues? I have a super bad habit of deleting conversations, it weird that I didn't delete this one, but I'd post more, if anyone is willing to direct them.
last night, I was planning to hook up with someone, she had sent me details of our hotel room, we talked about price.. etc. the entire conversation felt real, but then out of no where she cuts contact with me. The only thing I could imagine doing wrong was lasting too long to reply, maybe it showed a lack of excitement. but literally, short, nonchelant responses is what got me to the point of planning things. so idk