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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
No one is required to walk up to people and interject themselves into a conversation. To me that’s kind of insulting if you involve yourself in conversations with people when they are having one and you don’t know them.
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It really isn't that clear cut. Sometimes it's appropriate, even encouraged, and sometimes it isn't. You have to be able to read a room.
Have you meandered down the halls of a hotel where a group of people are discussing something that's clearly personal? Then your opinion isn't welcome. Move along.
Are you at a tailgait for your favorite sports team trying to enjoy your bag of Cheetos while a stranger is loudly proclaiming that his team is going to destroy your team? He's literally asking for a confrontation of the friendly rivalry sort, and it would be rude not to indulge him. Throw a Cheeto at him.
These examples are kinda extreme, but you get my point. If you're at a social function, as the original post indicated, it's already expected of you to be social, so it wouldn't be considered rude to chat up strangers unless they were giving obvious signs that they didn't want to be bothered.
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Originally Posted by LilyMop
I hate it when people ask probing, personal questions
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I do that all the time.
