How to end a conversation successfully

It is very important to end the conversation with your partner successfully Many people, being in a haste to go to the next thing, they have planned to do, hurry with the ending of the conversation they have. This is extremely unpleasant for your partner.

The quick and bad-mannered ending of a conversation by means of interrupting the partner and uttering something like “.. I must go now, by..” is one of the most unpleasant ways to end the conversation. Regardless of how you have led the conversation, after such kind of behaviour your partner shall feel offended and not being listened to with the proper attention. At the back of his/her mind he/she can’t accept your deed, regardless of everything looking like it’s OK. The truth is, that even you have been successfull in impressing the partner, after a bad ending of the conversation you could change fully his/her attitudes towards you. And this shall leave him/her with permanent feelings of frustration, caused by the appointment between you both. There are people, who could be so insulted by a neglectful behaviour, that they would not want to meet you anymore.

It happens to everyone to remember all of a sudden that he/she has forgotten about a planned commitment. Or about important and urgent events, which cannot start without you. The important thing is that you try not rushing as a madman in the very moment you remember something important, which you have forgotten and you know that you must go, but to offer you excuses for the inconvenience caused, to thank the other person for the conversation and to end the appointment with him/her.

Sometimes it happens that you meet people, who are really tiresome with their endless talking. If you are not able to take the initiative from them and if you want to get out of the appointment in a delicate manner, you should start communicate signals to your partner, which should make him/her understand, he/she should end with his/her story. Such signals could be: taking a look at your watch too often; taking your eyes away from the eyes of your partner (if you have any visual contact with the person). Or the use of reminding expressions and phrases, which should make the person in front of you understand, that the conversation should be ended. Such signals could be: “Yes, I agree with this …”; “It was very pleasant for me”, “I really enjoyed that!”, “I surely will …” etc. After saying 1 or 2 such phrases it is good to summarize in short what has been said, to thank and to repeat the reservation for next appointment you already have, for example: Thank you, that you told me about yesterday’s going out, it is nice that you’ve had a pleasant time. I must go now, so we shall talk tomorrow in the afternoon, as we arranged it.

The most important thing is not to lie to the person you are talking with. Don’t promise him/her another appointment just because of courtesy if you do not wish such appointment to be held. This is hypocrisy! You could just say that it has been pleasant for you to talk to that person and end the conversation. Finally you could end the conversation with a cheerful greeting, a smile and a nod. And remember, the last impression of a conversation could be as much important as the first one!

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