asking a lot of questions

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Do any of you have that problem?

Whenever I meet somebody for the first time, I have a problem asking that person tons of questions. For instance, if I engage in conversation, I tend to ask things quickly. I end my questions with the word "right". That seems to turn off the individual. I also have a problem asking random questions to get more of an insight of the individual. It's like I can't engage in normal conversation. I've talked to this female that I met on the internet, and she said that it's annoying. She told me to go see a speech therapist. I've been doing this all of my life.


I hate it. I have poor social skills.

Saying too much is better than not knowing what to say. Yeah really random questions can annoy people. You also need to pause and give them a chance to reply.
You just need to watch how other people interact and mimic them. That's basically what I do.

Oh yes! That's the only way I can start conversations. I can feel that people get frustrated sometimes because of all the questions I ask them. Especially if whoever I'm talking to doesn't say much in response and the conversation is getting nowhere, I ask more and more random questions on different topics to see if any will make the person interested and they would start talking about it. I hate those awkward silences, and asking questions is my solution to this.
I also tend to ask "oh really?" a lot, if someone tells me something, because it gives me time to process the information that someone has told me.

Wait... what does a speech therapist have to do with this? It's more of a social interaction thing. I don't see how it relates to speech problems.

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all-right Richard.....but do you give answers?...these are for you:
1. Why do you keep changing your avatar? The one which someone who didn't have a clue might assume was yours truly was awesome...so why for gods sake do you have to keep messing with your avatar?
2. How do you cope with the pressure of being AS? Does frequently changing your avatar help?
3. How did you initially become interested in rocks/minerals/gems and is that your special interest? The fire agate or whatever it is--is frequently your avatar..