How to start a conversation to break awkward silence?

lol i met this really cute guy at school once and i got his msn addy and we were like "hey" "hi" "how are you" "fine thanks you" "yer im good" and then the conversation just STOPPED. i really wanted to be friends with him cause he was GORGEOUS! so i was like "i hate that. its like awkward silence everytime you talk to someone lol its funny though" and then he was like "hmm.. lol every awkward silence a gay baby is born" and then we started talking for hours and hours and then we became bestfriends. with on the phone i spoke to this guy i met over the internet (through my best friend) and we'd been talking for years and so i rang him and then it was like an awkward silence and i told him about the gay babies and stuff and then we spoke for about 3 hours and everytime there was a subject change but it was like an awkward gap between we'd be like "gay baby" ... but maybe thats just me. but yer. i'd be close to him for ages. but thats my advice. just try and be yourself, and ask questions about what THEIR interested in or talk about the whether or something on TV or... yer anything i guess,. or if your close to them like family or best friends or something just awkwardly say "hmm. awkward silence." idk.. good luck (:

damn, I got the same problem with girls. When I'm on the phone with one, it just gets really quiet for lik a long time and it's realllyyy awkward.. maybe wen u tlk wit somone ask them lik anythin new..then comment on what they do and stufff...? sorry my advice sucks lol

i have the same problem. normally with my gf i just sit there listening her talk to her friends but if were alone i ask her questions. or mess with her about things shes said. hope that helps.

when the silence begins , when it happens to me and it happends alot! just giggle or start laughing a bit and they should say what ya laughin at if they dont tell them anyway and tell them a funny dream or something or make up a dream coz i doubt anyone would no its made up lmao and the conversation should start flowing, always ask them how there date went and if worst comes to worst just ask them to ring you the next day or summet

Oh my This is such an easy question .... One way to start a conversation is by asking how they've been and what they've been up to ..... then you can start to really get talking about the more intresting questions like what they like and dislike and all that stuff ..... !!!! If you need any more help just add me to yahoo messenger !

omfg i have the same exact problem. Ready I walk home with this guy everyday and its like a minute walk because we take diff turns and like that 30 second awkward silence just kills me because im like wow hell never like me now because im boring and dont talk. Its so hard for me when Im around guys but all your other people I can help. with syblings you can talk about how annoying your mom or dad is or whats for dinner or omg our cousins are coming simple stuff. with people you just met be like so tell me about urself like what school you went to,was it any good?,you miss it and school stuff. with close friends I have silences sometimes too but usually we just talk about boys school and stuff thats going on in our daily lives! hope I helped..you def helped me by asking this question..the gay baby thing is something im dying to try lol cuz if i can make him laugh ill be happy. THNXXXX!!

for boys is simple..you jus message them n say hey whats up then just ask bout his day and talk bout school (gayy lol) then you will get into the flow. n if it gets awkward just say something random haha it works but im just random like that so it usually works. good luck!

Say something totally random, and all the sudden everyone will be like huh and start laughing.