What do you do when someone isnt funny.

Question

I feel like I need to smile even when someone isnt being funny, so they wont feel as awkaward as I do. So what ends up happening is I cant hold that fake smile for too long, so my mucsles in my cheeks start to give, and I try to keep smiling but its too hard. Should I just look at them with a blank stare, because frankly I dont like having to fake smile anymore. You know?

Answer 1

Ah! I know what you mean. I don't laugh, i just kindly smile. I also do that because i don't want the person to feel akward because i know how he/she feels.

Answer 2

Depends on who it is. If its my friend then I stare at them blankly. If its someone I'm trying to get to know then I smile.

Answer 3

Ever heard the expression, "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"?  That pplies here.  The person who says something that isn't funny doesn't deserve a lguh, chuckle, or smile. They deserve a hard look.  If they don't learn to shut up, it's THEIR problem.

Answer 4

i do a fake laugh n smile.

Answer 5

Smile briefly just to be polite, and then immediately change the subject of the conversation.  If they continue with their failed attempts to be funny, excuse yourself from the conversation and leave.

Answer 6

if its  a close person,i would say  honestly what i have to,because

i never wanted to  see  him/her    being  a  funny conversation  on a group  of  high class pretty ladies.any way if that  person thinks  your

being freind to them  they  will   never  get  offened,instead will  end up  laughing  together.

Answer 7

I laugh my head off to the point that the person has to walk away because I'm causing such a scene.

They tell an unfunny joke and I go "WOOOOO HAHAHA!! HEH HEH HEH HEH! HAWWWWWW HAW HAW!! EEEEEEEEEEE HEEE HEEE HEEE! OH MA GAWD! WAAAAAH HA HA! (gasping for air) WHEW!"

Then I start all over again, knocking stuff off the tables as I stumble around the room laughing at the top of my lungs, tears streaming from my eyes. I jump up and down, slap my thighs and hoot and holler and throw punches at the open air. Do this for about ten minutes and I guarantee the person will never tell you another joke.

Oh, I almost forgot: Make sure you repeat the punchline over and over ("So they won't leave snail trails! HAAAA HA HAAAAA!"), putting your arms around the person's shoulders and spitting in their face while you laugh hysterically.

Answer 8

haha i know what you mean. it's just a nice gesture to smile and giggle a little, even though you might not consider them funny. if you don't have any expression at all, they might think you're mean and their feelings would get hurt if they find out they're not funny. just giggle and smile a little but dont laugh too hard because that's just giving them a fake ego boost

Answer 9

Just raise your eyebrows while rolling your eyes. They'll understand that they aren't funny and you can both move on.

Answer 10

i'm sure you would look funny holding a smile that is fake for a long time!

when the person is trying to be funny listen to them!  when others laugh just grin one time not for a long time and maybe try to change the topic or what not!  that's your window to speak!

Answer 11

I don't even hold a smile long enough to make my cheeks hurt if someone IS funny.