Conversational Habits That Reveal Someone’s True Character

You can tell a lot about someone after a few conversations. Are they inconsiderate, insecure, obnoxiously competitive, self-centered, overly sensitive, or just plain mean?
If they’re any of the above, they’ll drop subtle hints — the kind where you look back and think, “Oh, how did I not see it from the beginning? The signs were there.”
The warnings register as flickers of unease. You can sense something off, but you can’t quite pinpoint it, so you brush it aside. Months, even years later, you shake your head and wonder how you were so blind to what now seems so obvious.

As a mostly quiet but curious person, I’ve spent many years listening for these nuances in conversation — the subtle warning signs that indicate potential trouble. The truth is, all of us commit conversational faux pas’s from time to time. But when you come across someone who commits these misdeeds consistently, it gives you a good indication of their character.
1. They name-drop obsessively.

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Name-dropping is the practice of naming famous or high-ranking people in a way that communicates you run in the same circles as them. The name-dropper may or may not know the person in question. When they don’t, they rarely lie about it. Instead, they allude to a connection.
It was a wild party. Elon Musk told a few jokes. I never knew he was so funny.

We’re supposed to conclude that this person attended the party in question and met with Musk. And if you question them, they deny it, stating they never made an explicit claim.
Even when name-droppers do know a famous person, they still miss the point. Nobody gives a shit. For most of us, by the time we reach our early twenties, we no longer lose control of our bowels at the mention of a celebrity or hero. For those who continue this display in their thirties, forties, and beyond, it’s comically sad.
Name-droppers aren’t bad people, just annoying and probably deeply insecure. They’re trying to project an image of themselves without realizing their image is a story others create about them, not a fiction they create and present to the world.

2. They monopolize conversations with self-promotion.
For nearly ten years, I had a friend who boasted about his successes, exaggerating them so much, barely a speck of truth remained. He liked to hang out with me because whenever he bragged about his awesomeness, I’d acknowledge it just to placate him. Eventually, I tired of it, and he disappeared from my life. My only regret is playing along for so many years.
Most adults understand that boasting about their accomplishments turns people off, so they restrain themselves or wait for an appropriate queue.

Serial self-promoters constantly hype themselves regardless of the situation. Like my former friend, they hang around people who acknowledge their superior status and ditch those that refuse to bend a knee.