Sora wrote:
Participating in a common activity can help changing the usual social expectations, because the topic that everyone is concerned with is more important than some of the many social rules there are. That means it can make it easier for people who have issues with social skills and meeting those exceptions at other times to connect to others. You know, people more readily have an interest in you and want to casually interact with you because you like and do the same thing as them at that moment.
I agree with Sora. I find it much easier to interact with people, especially people I don't know, if I know in advance that we have something in common about which we can converse. This in turn makes it easier for other people to interact with me. For example, I am completely at ease when I go to weekly meetings to play board games and card games, because the game is the center of attention, and most conversation revolves around the game, or games in general. - LJS
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Long John Silver
San Diego, CA, USA