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I dreamed a dream in overtime

A girl at work wears heels like these. She’s four foot nothing, so when she stands up she’s basically two-thirds shoe.

What was her mustache like?

I see this...and i think:

Damnit that nearly made me spit-take.

It was nice of Mapou to bend down so that Messi didn’t have to run and get his head-butting stool from the sidelines.

No need to make it worse, Jezebel!! She didn’t say Toilet Scrubbers.

Preferably, yes. I’m hard of hearing, leaning towards deaf and God, I really dislike the overly social person who sits next to me and assumes I want to have a conversation. Even when I’m politely not reciprocating the asshat wants to keep being “friendly”. I appreciate that some people are extroverted and enjoy…

I (female) am ok with talking to people on the plane, bus or train. I will even start conversations on the plane if I’m traveling alone and see that the person next to me is not otherwise occupied. However, if I am actively engaged in something else, or if the person next to me is otherwise engaged, then we each do…

You can talk, just pay attention to what they do in return. Start with a little polite chit chat and then leave them be. If they want to talk it’s their turn to start the next conversation. If they are putting effort into extending the conversation then it’s OK, if they are just giving polite answers then stop talking…

As a woman who travels alone a lot and relates so hard to the OP, I’m having a hard time answering your question because I don’t know how you come across in person, or how good you are at taking a hint. You’ll notice that, in the OP, the author was enjoying her conversation with the man at first. It’s only once he…

I think an initial “Hello, how are you?” is totally fine and certainly an “Excuse me” whenever you get up is appropriate. Other than that? I’d be perfectly happy if my seatmate was quiet. This especially applies to long flights. If it’s a short one (two hours or less) I’m much more open to being chatty, but I’m sure…

Pay attention to cues. If someone’s giving single-word answers to your attempts to chat, if they’re wearing headphones, if they’re intent on their phone or book after you start, just let the conversation drop and keep the interactions to perfunctory ones like asking if you need to get up or sit down.

49 year old white male, married, two kids, 100k mile per year traveler.

This is great advice for anyone, not just on planes.

If you’re chatty (I’m not), keep it generic and look for cues that the other person does or does not want to talk. I usually just stick my nose in a book but will chat if there is a social and non- annoying, non-threatening person next to me.

I enjoy chatting with people met on the plane or while waiting. More often than not those people are men and, with the exception of a few unpleasant persons, they have all been polite and non-threatening. To me there’s a radical difference between polite conversation wherein nobody asks you intrusive questions (e.g.…

Sure? I mean, even if you aren’t worried about being perceived as harrassing or hitting on a woman, most people, in my experience, just want to read their book/watch their movie/work on their work project and get on with their lives.