How do you break the ice when meeting someone new?

Well, being a talkative person, i just start with anything, being in your case,,, id start commenting on the food and then id start talking about anything…. then id present myself. Or if i join a table with people i dont know on, id just say: mind me sitting here? and then id just sit before any response and introduce myself. It somehow makes it easier for people if you start conversations and somehow everything will go on well.

Say Hello and go with the flow

I try to make eye contact. When I get it back and we have sort of a stare down, I makes a facial gesture like a rising of the eyebrows and follow it up with a rather mellow, ‘hey.” Work from there.

I’m just starting to do this though. Working out okay I guess.

Force them to submit to your friendly acquaintance by means of PAIN!!!

I may eye contact, look friendly and approachable, and say hi. If I meet someone new, I usually make small talk before I introduce myself.

I’ve noticed that there is sometimes a tendency among younger women to assume creepiness in a young man before they meet, which is unfortunate, because most really nice guys are a little on the shy and socially bumbling side.

@PandoraBoxx

Agreed. I wish I had a shirt that said, “I’m not hitting on you, I’m just nice.”

@Haroot, hhmmm…maybe there’s some money to be made with that idea!

By playing Don’t Break the Ice with him/her.

Shy guys won’t meet your eyes. Someone with the balls to maintain eye contact across a room will probably be a very confident person. Confident guys have their pluses and minuses.

If you are sitting next to someone, you might make some innocent comment. Weather, whatever. If he picks up on it, you can keep getting a little more personal with each question. Otherwise it may just be a boring conversation. If it’s a really shy guy, you may have to make it really, really obvious by touching him a number of times, or making flirtatious comments a lot.

“Hey, didn’t I see you on last weeks episode of ‘Cops’?”

Only once (that i can remember) have I introduced myself to a complete stranger. It was one of the best things I have ever done. 6 years later, he’s now one of my best friends. I just went for it and asked him to have coffee with me. That coffee took 8 hours, but it was great.

I show my tits. That’ll usually weed out the weird people.

Pick axe.

I study them before delving any further into their lives.