How do I talk to a guy who I have nothing to talk about to?

So apart from family, friends, pets, education, ambitions, careers, holidays, music, films, TV shows, books, sport and hobbies you've got like nothinggggg to talk abt?

Yeah but like won’t it be a bit weird to just go up to him and say, “oh how’s your family doing?”

Said in the right tone of voice, that would be a perfectly fine opener.

If he asks you in return how your family is, you can reply "My grandma died in November, my mum's got pancreatic cancer, my dad left home when I was a baby, the dog got hit by a car... ...Just kidding! 🙂 "
And then you carry on from there in a similar light hearted, jokey, having fun kind of way.

When you ask him what he does for a living or will do, that's a great chance to tease him. EG he says he's studying drama, instead of replying with "That's nice" you could say "I make it a rule to never get involved with acting types. You know why?... Because you never know if they're faking orgasms or not. 🙂 "

It doesn't really matter what you talk about. You can lubricate any conversation with teases and silly jokes and going off on crazy tangents. An easy form of humour is extreme exaggeration. EG he says he's looking to buy a car, you say "You should buy that car they used for the land speed record in Nevada. That supersonic one. That'd get you to school on time... Actually maybe it wouldn't, you'd just lie-in for 5 more minutes."

It doesn't matter if what you say is actually funny or not. As long as you're trying to spice the conversation and not just saying the sort of predictable stuff your (late) grandmother would say.

Said in the right tone of voice, that would be a perfectly fine opener.

If he asks you in return how your family is, you can reply "My grandma died in November, my mum's got pancreatic cancer, my dad left home when I was a baby, the dog got hit by a car... ...Just kidding! 🙂 "
And then you carry on from there in a similar light hearted, jokey, having fun kind of way.

When you ask him what he does for a living or will do, that's a great chance to tease him. EG he says he's studying drama, instead of replying with "That's nice" you could say "I make it a rule to never get involved with acting types. You know why?... Because you never know if they're faking orgasms or not. 🙂 "

It doesn't really matter what you talk about. You can lubricate any conversation with teases and silly jokes and going off on crazy tangents. An easy form of humour is extreme exaggeration. EG he says he's looking to buy a car, you say "You should buy that car they used for the land speed record in Nevada. That supersonic one. That'd get you to school on time... Actually maybe it wouldn't, you'd just lie-in for 5 more minutes."

It doesn't matter if what you say is actually funny or not. As long as you're trying to spice the conversation and not just saying the sort of predictable stuff your (late) grandmother would say.

Ask his opinion on what ended the use of the phalanx. If he says greater mobility of the Roman maniple, then I wouldn't bother with him. If he says the pilum, it's on.

Yeah but like won’t it be a bit weird to just go up to him and say, “oh how’s your family doing?”

So you pick the first one on the list and ignore the rest, including ones that are more relevant?

If you can't talk to someone, give up now. Nothing will happen if you can't have a conversation.

So you pick the first one on the list and ignore the rest, including ones that are more relevant?

If you can't talk to someone, give up now. Nothing will happen if you can't have a conversation.

Genuinely just say hi… Be an active participant in the conversation from then on. You are not an entertainer nor an MC or a clown so it’s not your responsibility to lead the conversation in any particular direction. Be interested and listen, might be the funniest guy you ever met and it just flows or he might be shy nervous or all round boring, just say hi and find out

That’s not a good idea since you barely know each other, making it weird to say “how’s your family?”
He’s probably going to think you are a weirdo
Especially if he’s “moody” and he’ll most likely get a bit freaked out, get what I mean?
Just don’t do that especially if you aren’t friends and barely know each other

My grandmother would be proud of you, JustFreakky, because that's the sort of advice that she'd give.

Ok thanks 👍
But I do do that and all he says is hi back and then we don’t rlly talk after that

So he's not interested in talking to you! Just because you want a conversation doesn't mean he has to respond.

There’s no better way to crush someone’s hope

No but then some days he’s the one who starts the conversation! Sometimes he comes up to me with his friend or whatever and they talk to me, and then sometimes I go and say hi but all they say is hi back.

So he starts a conversation, but 'there’s like nothinggggg to talk abt'. So what's he discussing?