By Isaac Mites
This goes to both sexes but most especially to guys who have a lot on mind and limited time to listen to but are often caught up in their girlfriends unending boring emotional stories.
People usually answer “okay” and “Totally.” In other cases, no matter where you go, someone is going to try to tell you something boring, be it an irate boss, a dying grandparent, a sexually harassing lecturer who is hard on her/his case and much more.
The simplest secret to surviving these situations is the ability to act like you’re an engaged, an active listener who actually cares about whatever the hell they’re blathering on about. This is especially important when a chic is talking to you. If she suspects, even for a second, that instead of laughing along, as she recounts the last night’s guys who hit on her, you are, in fact, mentally squeezing her into a tiny lady who serves food in the nearby restaurant, she would the most furious beast.
Well, these are the 3 most effective ruses to do away with that you’re actually listening.
1. EYE CONTACT: According to science, eye contact is a universal sign of acknowledgement. While scanning the hostel or bar for other hotties, try to make eye contact with the speaker at least once every few minutes.
2. EXPRESSIONS: From time to time you’ll need to present a facial expression that suggests you are on board or empathizing or agreeing with whatever the speaker is saying. Since you won’t have any clue what she’s talking about, it’s best to simply cycle through some different reactions in a process called “psychopathic masking.” Here’s a simple four-emotion progression.
Surprise; just imagine there is a course work or assignments to be handed the following day which u had forgot about.
Disgust; Visualise a drunk babe puking and getting wasted.
Anger; you can also picture when that very babe refuses to tap you on her goodies with an excuse that she is waiting for marriage! Then when you suspect it might be an interesting story just use delight: just imagine one of the local celebrities we have around hiring you to run his face book account.
3. VERBAL PARTICIPATION: One of the biggest keys to fake listening is issuing a response to a conversation that you’ve had absolutely no part of. Here are a few words one can use that apply to almost every conversation!
• “I know, right?”
• “You’re kidding me”
• “Duh duh!!”
• “What?”
• “Do you have a picture?”
• “Totally”
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