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What would be an example of a person knowing how to start and end a conversation tactfully?

I'm thinking for an example before Billy leaves Joe, Billy must end the conversation as soon as the last exchange of a sentence is finish followed by a silence, and end like "well I'd better get going, It was nice talking to you";(next he says) "have a nice day".

that doesn't sound too bad. maybe flesh it out a bit?

What do you mean by "flesh it out a bit"?

make it sound less perfunctory by adding more detail to it, ham it up a bit.

AuntBlabby: I'm not sure that's good advice. We aspies, in general, suck at hamming things up. Well, I certainly do. I think his thought-up closing remarks will work well.

I am a bit of a canned ham meself.

I never remember to list my canned text messages...

do tell more about it, por favor

NT's like to say "Well, I'll let you get going..." even though what they really mean is frequently "you're're going to let me get going because I'm done with this conversation."

that is a semi-elegant way of disengaging.

Absolutely perfect. I think aspies always get things right, except that u second guess yourself and are too critical of yourselves... And that's where u might get detected. I'm nt, say s**t all the time ( specially being from a different country, i say things i shouldn't say alllll the time) but i just get nervous for a moment and force myself to move on.

^ This!

Sorry to interrupt the thread with a question... but is there a dictionary of common phrases that people use, which really mean something completely more/hidden?

I have a whole lot of phrases that my family and acquaintances use, and I need a reference to understand what they mean, and what to listen for / how to respond. :/

That is the approach I take. Once the pace of the exchange slows or falters, I hit the "Well, I'll let you get going..." line.

Sometimes I can get kinda like a doofus and just stand there waiting for one of us to say something. I don't think the other person enjoys that awkwardness any more than I do, so I prefer to err on the side of ending the convo early. I would rather "leave them asking for more" than leave them regretting they bumped into me.