I've gotten to the stage where I have no problems approaching getting a couple minutes of small talk but my social skills seriously need work. I cant seem to get the interactions past mindless small talk and I HATE interview mode style conversations so I feel like I suffer from newbie awkwardness. Its kind of sad to see some of these girls reject me with "Sorry, I have a boyfriend". I am 6'5, got a square jaw and weigh 220lbs diced, my looks do jack shit for me other then give me a receptive opening smile from the girls. How can I learn to run my mouth and get people to be genuinely interested in having a good conversation? I'm going to start recording myself talking out loud like podcast format and listen to it played back but also looking for more ideas to get rid of my autistic social skills.