How do you end a conversation without 'having to leave'?

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I always do this "Sorry I gotta go feed my goldfish/dog/girlfriend" or "Oh my God, it's 10:30 already I really have to go!". What is a polite way to interrupt a conversation? Be it in real life, on MSN or on facebook?

I just say I've got things I need to do. See you soon! Take Care!

Just say something like:
"Oh, I don't want to monopolize your time"

Or just be honest. X just happened, and I have to respond to it. I enjoyed our conversation, and I'll definitely talk to you later.

I'm quite certain that this is one of the great mysteries of life, unknowable by anyone and in turn everyone just wings it.

But if there's a way someone do please elaborate

in my case, i think honesty is the best policy. if i do not want to participate in a social discussion i just say "i am not interested" and i say nothing more.
people never hassle me after that because they sense that there may be some drawbacks by doing so.

the end of the line is where i place it.

good noght.

just say you need to to do what you were going to do.

in my case, i think honesty is the best policy. if i do not want to participate in a social discussion i just say "i am not interested" and i say nothing more.
people never hassle me after that because they sense that there may be some drawbacks by doing so.

the end of the line is where i place it.

good night.

Seriously? How do NTs do it?

I mean you can't seriously say something like the truth "I'm tired of our conversation, I think you are very pretty but we've been talking for three hours and I can't anymore, it's just been too much talking. I have to go home now and masturbate while thinking of you. See you soon." Hahaha!

Last edited by OldFashioned on 01 Sep 2011, 12:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I always like "what the f**k are you talking about and what the hell is so great about it," usually followed by "you're out of your damn mind." People don't take it as rude if you're passionate about your disinterest!

She'd slap me and never talk to me again.

i could not care less what anyone else thinks.
what affects you is your own private concern.

I'm clueless here. I've gotten in trouble a lot for just walking away from a conversation. My only method is to slowly drift away from the person and hope they get the idea that you want/need to leave, and they'll end the conversation for you.

Yes a white lie is the best policy. After all white lies are considered innocent. And we might start a thread about white lies.

Turning your feet to point away from a person is another body language way of saying you want to get gone.

Problem with this is people can take it quite badly. Best to be less passive and make endings as pleasant as possible.

That is, unless you don't mind hurting the feelings of those you converse with.

i tend to just say 'i gotta go and do things, talk soon!'
so it's like you're dismissing that conversation, but leaving the door open for another in the future.

There is no perfect way to end a conversation...unless it's obvious to both of you why it needs to end. Maybe the carnival is about to start, or you just got a phone call, or a grizzly bear is running after you. In all other cases, you have to end the conversation without making it seem overly obvious that you don't want to continue talking. This is why the whole idea of "awkward silence" pissed me off, because there is no such thing as awkward silence...unless it's my job to entertain other people all the time for fear of silence, THEN when do you end the conversation? Never, which is why this problem exists in the first place.