The case presentation ended with the presenter narrating her attempts to go beyond the patient's hostility by trying to engage her in different topics of conversation, attempts which proved to be vain.
Their avoidance of eye contact and awkward conversation attempts can be misread as rudeness or being antisocial, when really they would like to get to know people better.
The only real way to know is to have a conversation and attempt to resolve things.
Passive-constructive – The partner responds positively but does not actively contribute to the conversation or attempt to explore the topic in any depth.
He's the one man in the office who's ever noticed her, ever attempted conversation, and ever attempted to just treat her like a human.
Writer includes some of Don Gabor's pet sayings and pointers, e.g. "Trite is right" and "Cliche is O.K.," and tries to apply these lessons to a conversation he attempts to have with his typewriter about Don Gabor.
These columns were always a continuation of those conversations; an attempt to discuss music in the way we actually experience it, rather than to take sidelong glances at an endless procession of new releases and burgeoning trends.
"The rabid gun activists come out swinging, trying to close down any meaningful conversation and attempting to intimidate people into silence".
A few members of our cast and crew had also been directly affected by failed gay conversation therapy attempts in their own families.
The conversation you attempted to have on national television is one that has been pervasive within the black community for generations.
