Maybe this should be a last resort, but it's what I often find myself doing: just plainly letting them know that you are moving on. Hopefully you can also say you enjoyed talking with them.
"Thanks for taking the time to chat with me. I'm going to drift along now."
"Thanks for sharing what you did. I'm going to move along, but will be thinking about _____."
Also, turkey āĀ wondering about this question... is this a general ask or do you have a particular person or situation in mind?
exiting conversations is such a cool thing to do. You gotta have some go-to phrases, and say them like itās no big deal, because it is no big deal. I really enjoy leaving group conversations too. Just walk away and do something else if I donāt like whatās happening.
āhey it was nice talking with youā¦
Iām going to go grab a drinkā
āIām going to see whatās happening over thereā
āExcuse me, thereās someone Iāve been wanting to say hi toā
āI have to go powder my nose/use the WC/see a man about a horseā
Specifically on the phone. Like "Yep I gotta go... I have to make dinner... You remember when we went to that one place for dinner a while ago?" And then we spiral and say goodbye 3 more times before actually hanging up.
this is worthy of celebration:Ā the lack of videoāautoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any videoāon pi.fyi is a good thing
