I am a quiet person and I also have Aspergers, but generally I can talk to people who 'take their turn' in thinking of things to say and who are responsive to things I say. The people I have great difficulty conversing with are those who are far quieter than I am and who leave me to carry the conversation, never bringing up topics themselves and replying with one or two words even to open ended questions. I have seen other people talk to them and get a conversation going with them, but I can't do it. It leaves me floundering around helplessly, and after a while I end up saying 'mad' things such as 'isn't the ceiling painted a nice colour' out of sheer desperation. Does anyone else have this problem?