Turn taking in conversation

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Often i am not sure when to come into a conversation with my ideas if their is a group of people talking together and i end up cutting off people. Has anyone figured out how to do it? How do you know when its your turn to talk? How do NT's know how to do this so naturally?

Personally, I'll wait till I think someone is finished speaking and then try to jump in. I guess sometimes you and someone else will jump in simultaneously. I think its usually okay to override them and keep talking, but only about once in the conversation: Do it too much and it'll seem rude or condescending methinks.

Sort of off-topic: What kind of groups do people find is conducive to conversation? I think 3 is the best number. With two people there are always awkward silences where I'm struggling to find something to say. With 4 or more I find it hard to find an opportunity or I'll be afraid that some people will vehemently disagree with me and I'll have to defend my position... which is hard for me to do on the spot (I always come up with the brilliant counter-argument like 2 hours later!)

This is a problem for me as well, and I agree that there are rules that NT's seem to know and that we just try to guess at.

I also find it hard to know how to "interrupt" when two or three people are talking, and you really need to tell one of them something for a good reason.

I'm like GH, just jump in when it seems like the right time. Although for me, it's usually not. If I followed my instinct, I'd end up cutting everyone off at least once in the conversation. And so, I talk during awkward silences. I prefer 4 person conversations, possibility for two at once.

This is a problem for me too.
Often if I'm having a conversation with someone, I've worked out that after I think they've finished their statements, I'll wait for about 5 seconds before saying what I have to say. This is like a pre-emptive defense against cutting them off.

I'm always cutting off people and it makes me sound like a dick because I stop when I relise i've cut them off, and it happens again shortly after.

I find it hard to tell when people have finished talking.

tut. it's ALWAYS my turn to talk, of course.

depends on who i'm talking to. if i've got a vested interest then i can shut up... occasionally..

I find there is no right time. For me it is just a matter of waiting for the other person to finish their thought, then commenting/interjecting by making pseudo-eyecontact (at the nose!) and raising my hand to my chest level in a gesture that suggests I want to say something as well as opening my lips as about to speak. Most people pick up on that and ask me if I want to say something or aknowledge me by stopping and nodding in my direction, and I know it is then that I can comment. Sometimes this doesn't work as when I am involved in non-one on one conversation, so I don't know what is done then.

I've timed it with most people so after there is a few second pause, they're usually done talking. I've also taught myself several things about reading facial and hand expressions over the years, so that's helped. Note to self: this usually only works with people I know very well, not acquaintances.

For some strange reason, I can say something in a break in the conversation and still not get heard, so sometimes I have to get forceful about getting my point across. This seems to be a bigger problem when talking with family than wth neighbors or friends.

I have to raise my voice for anything I say to be heard around our house. My sister dominates everything by talking constantly and loudly so it's hard to get a word in at home, unless she's not around.

I never have any idea when to talk either. I don't know how NTs do it by instinct.