1) Don't do that.

2) Do

that first. You can't bore someone into having a converation with you and have them like you afterwards.

3) If

you run out of things to say (or more importantly if it isn't going anywhere), then DO leave.

4) This point

kind of contradicts your previous one, but it does lead me to something important. ALL of the good advise for things

to do comes from people with the right attitude who generally do them automatically. Doing those things with the

wrong attitude is missing the point.

5) Yep.