how long can you hold a conversation?

I think it depends on the type of conversation, and who I'm holding one with. For calls, I don't get exhausted of talking with someone for a few hours but with texts I'm more quick to lose interest, or go do something else so conversations tend to be short and kept to a few minutes or up to an hour at most. And it also depends what we're talking about I guess! If we're chatting about common interests, watching a show together etc. it can go on for a while but if it's just like 'how are you doing' etc. then it's very very brief :p
 
I'm not good with conversations and I struggle alot thinking on what to say next.
 
I'll never stop talking if I have my way and have to remind myself to hold back more often than not. The longest I've had a conversation has been over 12 hours and that's two separate occasions. Once on a plane and once on...I guess you could say what turned into a date of sorts. Generally if I have a good sparring partner then the conversation will go on for a long time but I do know when to restrain myself if I'm with someone that isn't much of a talker.
 
i've probably had conversations lasting for days with sleep breaks every now and then. IRL i mean, in text i think i tend to drift off or run out of stuff to say sooner. hmm.
 
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I'll just say what I need then stop talking so not long.
 
hoshiko said:
it depends. if it's a stranger, not very long unless they ask me about myself and then i overshare

but if its with my best friend i can talk to her for hours, same with my boyfriend.
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Pretty much this (I don't have a bf but yeah). I can talk for hours with people I know or am really close to, but I'm usually not very good with strangers unless I get used to said person... it's usually hard to shut me up. XD
 
I think it's very dependent on the other person. Some I've found I can talk with for a long time easily, while there was one particular person who I never had any idea how to respond.
 
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I'm terrible with phone conversations and would rather avoid them altogether since I'm absolutely a "hand-talker". But if it's a conversation in person, particularly one with someone I like or about a topic I'm interested in, I can talk for days on end. The other person doesn't even necessarily have to be listening. Smalltalk is harder to keep going, though.
 
I am VERY bad at this in general. I last like 5 mins in person before needing to go sleep and via text I delay replying for aaaages trying to find the perfect time to fit it in and give it the full attention it deserves but then it's like two weeks later and I'm like help.
 
Sheep said:
are you someone that can keep a conversation going for hours, or do you need to step away and take a break sooner? what's the longest time you've held a conversation?
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No, I'm not. I don't like to extend the conversation for hours. I would like to come to the point directly.
 
For as long as the topic is of interest to me.

That said, I exhaust myself at some point in conversations, and I would rather spend as little time having extensive conversations as possible because I need to recuperate afterwards. Trying to think of constantly interesting and engaging things to say to people to avoid awkward silence is exhausting work.
 
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