Do you ever find yourself stuck in a boring conversation with random people at parties? It may be hard to get away from it because you don’t want to risk offending anyone. Here are ways in which you can subtly exit boring conversations at a party.
1. Excuse yourself to the washroom
An easy way to exit a boringconversation at a party is toexcuse yourself to the washroom. Stay in the washroom until you are surethat the person you were talking to has moved away from the spot you were both standing or sitting at.
2. Pretend to answer a phone call
Your mobile phone may comevery handy in helping you avoid a boring conversation.Simply pull out your phone from your pocket and look atit with concern. Press a few buttons so that the screen will light up and pretend to answer the phone. Exit the conversation with an excusethat you need to move to a quieter place to talk. Spend at least 5 to 10 minutes acting as if you are talking to someone so that the person does not wait for youto come back.
3. Ask a friend to take you away from the situation
Secretly ask your friend to take you away from the person you are talking to. This way you won’t have to use any reason or excuse to go away from that person.Your friend can do the talking and pull you out of the situation.
4. Pretend you have forgotten your car keys somewhere
You can exit a boring conversation by pretending that you have lost or forgotten your car keys. Act the part by going through your pockets and then finallyannouncing that you may have misplaced your car keys. Excuse yourself underthe pretext of going to look for them.
5. Pretend to feel unwell
Avoid a conversation by pretending to be unwell. Excuse yourself by claiming that you have a stomach ache or are feeling nauseous. Say that you will need to grab a glass of water and sit in a quiet corner for some time before you can come back to the party. Stay away from that person until you see him or her engaged with someone else before making your wayback into the party.
6. Avoid the person you are talking to
If you are desperately tryingto find ways to exit a boring conversation, simply avoid the person in a subtle way. Give answers after long pauses and try to act aloof. That person may get the signal that you don’t want tobe a part of the conversation.
7. Pretend as if you have to leave the party
If all other tricks fail, simply use the excuse of leaving the party to get away from aconversation. Say that you have to go home because of an early morning start the next day or that your partner is ill and you have to go care for him. Use any excuse you possibly can to hint that you will be leaving, and that you need to go and say goodbye to the host.