It's almost always men. I think they are trying to break the ice so they can hit on us.
Must be it... I mean, that's what it all boils down to, right?
What? Why do you care? Why are you opening your pie-hole?
People that say stuff just because they either like to hear themselves talk, or can't stay occupied thinking inside their head bug the heck out of me.
Oh great and insightful guru, teach me the wisdom of the ages. How about this idea: some people enjoy being. The idea of the mind working when the mouth is closed and thereby gaining insight proves futile as this insight often leads to a great and overwhelming sadness that comes with the realization of one's state and the state of others. Look mate, at some point, the idea of silence as uncomfortable is recognized as useless and is abandoned. The idea of small-talk as social cohesion and self-assurance is adandoned as well. The actions of such thereby have a completely different meaning for the agent. Therefore, these actions taken may not be about you at all. A shocker, ain't it? It may just be about another person content with the solitude of being and recognizing that ties exist to the outside world, making contacts with others through means of language andf communication. It may just be that someone is interested in you because they care or the reason that care is the result of one's humanity. People open their pie hole in order to share a part of their world and a part of their life, and hope you will do the same. Social convention and conditioning has reduced this to small-talk and drivel since many people can't really cope or accept the truth. But the motivation is so mized up that I think it better to look for the good in it than to recognize that there is a bad enveloping the entire situation.
You see, that's just it. Love me, someone accpet me for who I am. But I don't want that sort of universal love, I want it to be about me, and only about me because feeling important gives me a great high. And when that happens, we don't want that because who are you to care about me, there's nothing to care about, after all I'm not good enough to converse with other people. Besides, they're probably too stupid since they're not content with their own thoughts and minds.
It's not too hard to figure out why people talk to others. What's harder is figuring out why you react the way you do and coping with it.
Cheers !