How can you help each other when talking to your language exchange partner? Do you have a fixed language partner? How do you do to make your conversation more effectively?

Questions and behaviors you hate in a conversation? Communicate with a foreign friend should be an enjoyable thing. But some questions or behaviors could ruin a relationship, it may changed in different cultures. "How old are you?",I think this is the most rude and impolite question! "dear/honey, blablabla.....", sorry! we just meet for first time, we are strange to each other, the way you call me made me uncomfortable, even if it is common in your coulture. So, do you have the same problem when you talk to a foreigner? and how do you respond?==>Saracc: yeah, it was boring, especially when I accepted someone use webcam chatting, then i found the one i'm talking to doesn't have a cam at all! I feel sort of been cheated...==>Peachey, thanks for your advice, I believe most of them have not aware of this yet. ==>Berdy: It makes sense about webcam things you've talked about.I felt a little nervous when I couldn't see him. I don't know who I was talking to at all.