Conversation on dates... When a girl doesn't ask you much about yourself

[Lansing]

Curious how people approach date conversations. I find when talking about things I will ask a girls opinion, ask her experiences, (if we are talking about travel ask her about particular cities she has been too, etc). When you are on a "topic" do you expect the other person to engage you into the topic by reciprocating and asking you or do you just start your own stories?

 

Personally, I don't really like talking about myself unless someone is asking me specific questions. I am trying to just share stories randomly but I feel like there is a fine line between sharing and then sounding like you are bragging/etc especially if you have had some really cool life experiences. Like,

 

I feel like I am pretty decent at keeping conversations flowing but in those situations where people just talk about themselves (while you are helping the conversation flow by asking questions/etc) it doens't give you much of a chance to tell your own stories if they aren't showing interest (almost like they don't know the art of discussing things,etc).

 

There are certain situations where I feel the girl is worried about any "silent" moment and she just keeps on talking and talking and I am waiting for that break in conversation to talk myself not to come across as rude but in the end I might just seem like I am quiet. Sometimes I want to tell a girl to just stop talking for a minute

[Philosoraptor]

Some people are shy to ask questions. The best thing to do is to just bounce off one another and relate one of her stories to one of your own. A Q&A is not the most efficient way to conduct a date.

[Star Gazer]

In every instance where a guy didn't ask me questions about myself and only talked about himself, I never heard from him again. I take it as a sign of disinterest.