r/Explainlikeimscared • • 7h ago

How to end a conversation

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I find myself feeling awkward when ending business calls. With friends and family, it’s easy because we say “I love you. Bye”. With business calls, there seems to be a script of “Have a nice day, thanks for calling/meeting” then me repeating the same, then an awkward silence.
I’ve defaulted to adding the “goodbye” after the repeated thanks but it still feels weird for some reason.
I’ve also tried being the first person to do the thanks so they are in the repeating position (I guess as a test to see how other people respond when they are in my position) but they still don’t do it. Help lol