by Abdel Razak Mouliom

Created on: November 10, 2009   Last Updated: April 20, 2011

Make friends is something that should be the simplest thing in the world. People should just meet and start conversing to discover affinity, allowing them to begin a good friendship. However, in our nowadays world it seems to be not easy to make friends anymore. Therefore, how can we start conversation and make friends? 

It is so easy for me to make friend wherever I am. I guess it is because I am talkative, funny, brief good at conversing at. I always start my conversation with a greeting, a remark or an appreciation before introducing myself. 

It is usual to greet someone, it marks your degree of politeness and it is a good way to know if someone is available to talk with you whether you know the person or not. Indeed, if you observe someone when greeting him, you will notice if that person is thinking or is confused about any matter. You will also remark whether the person is in hurry, angry or not just interested in talking with anybody. 

After greeting a lady or a man, and observing her or his level of availability to a conversation (by doing so). You can take advantage of the circumstance in which both of you are inside to converse. To my opinion, you should tease the person in front of you with some remarks of you about him or her. I remember that in a party where I was invited and where I knew almost two persons, I became friend with a couple of twin (brother and sister) because after greeting them, I told them that they were looking good together as a dating couple but they started laughing telling me the truth about them being twin brother and sister. It was so funny for them to look how I was ashamed and confused about my former compliment that we started conversing about that and we became friend at the end of the party. A remark or an appreciation will attract the person with who you want to talk with to listen to you and to answer you.     

People are always curious to now who they are talking or are about to converse with. You have aroused the attention of one or many persons in front of you after a greeting and a remark; now it is time for introducing yourself before pursuing the conversation. Yes, perhaps your remark woke people around you up and makes them talk even more impeaching you to introduce yourself just after your first and your second sentences but sooner or later you will have to say your name, it is going to be up to you to judge exactly when to say your name. 

Do not be shy to approach people even the one you do not know to start a conversation and to be friends later on. If you are afraid to disturb people with a conversation, a greeting will reveal you about a person mood, a remark will aroused the person attention on you and saying your name will lead the person to know you and that will be good to start friendship.

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