Are you sociable?

For example: I went to six flags w/ family on monday. I seen a man w/ a really chill grateful dead t-shirt where the skeletons were riding a roller coaster. So I wanted to tell him. My uncle thomas said that he was awful in social situations and could never just walk up to a stranger and start a conversation. So, I complimented this man on his shirt and talked to him for about five minutes. He was really kewl...My uncle was amazed that i could just do that...but it's not that big a deal...I mean yeah, i was nervous and stuff...but I did it anyway...But I guess that applies to many areas of life, right? Your scared, uncomfortable, lazy, or whatever...but you do things anyways...


How about you?

How do you do in social situations??

 

I have no problem talking to strangers in similar situations as you mentioned. But, I have always been a bit of a loner and keep to myself alot.

 

I have a problem with trying to hurt people I don't know so I stay away from people I don't know

 

oh it depends what mood i am in. sometimes i go up to people but there has to be reason...but i usually keep to myself, i think too much to slow down and talk to people sometimes.

 

i'm a pansey. i almost never talk to strangers. i have gotten a little better over the past year, as a result of my job (sales),but still i probably would have just walked past the guy. i always wish i had the nerve to talk to people. i'm always afraid they are gonna think i'm a dork.

 

I am extremely anti-social.

 

at parties i will just go up and talk to ppl i have never seen before.. but other than that i am just a loner lol

 

i used to have a real problem socializing, probably because i feel like i don't fit in with most people. it's not as bad as it used to be, i'm able to do ok in conversations with strangers or whatever, but actually getting to know people - well, i really have to feel comfortable with them before i let my guard down. it's enough of a problem that i worry about my homeschooler's socialization contrary to popular myth, most homeschoolers are incredibly social. i just feel totally wierd around most other moms, and i think my son picks up on my aprehension. i think air conditioned gypsy would identify with this too if she'd just quit lurking and post something. (ahem!) i tend to freeze up around new people if i'm actually expected to converse with them. i always worry people are going to find me strange or something.

ironically, or perhaps not, i tend to socialize best and feel more comfortable around other people who are not very social themselves, & i used to have a talent for drawing people out of their shells. most of my friends are total hermits.

which reminds me, pressed rat is a total poopy-head because he won't go out for beer with me.

 

wow, whats wrong with you Matt? Shes in the same city as you!

Anyway, im a kind of quiet person in social situations unless theres something for me to say. I dont really make comment about anything enless i care about them. I cant walk up to a stranger and start talking to them though. I dont know. im a little shy, and i wouldnt know what to say really. If i noticed something i could relate to i may say something, but thats never happened to me.

 

Yes. I used to be exteremely shy, yet i got over that lately...

I can easily talk to almost anyone, but I still dislike large group settings.

 

You're funny, Lizzie. You know we're gonna meet and have some drinks, it's just a question of when.

I am rather unsociable, but not a total hermit. I never approach people I don't know, while I avoid most people I do know. I can be very sociable, but it depends on the situation and environment, and how well I can relate to a person. I don't like too much stimulus, which tends to make me anxious.

Large social gatherings make me incredibly uncomfortable.

 

Yeah, I guess I am. I can walk up to random people and talk to them. I would have commented on the guy's shirt at least.

 

If a stranger has on a piece of clothing that I like, I have no problem complimenting them on it (depending on the setting). But I never start conversations with strangers, unless it stems from the compliment. I'm shy, but I like to talk to people. People here are very snooty, though. You throw them an icebreaker of some sort, and they just stare blankly at you.

 

I have to interact with many people every day with my work, so I have no problem talking to anybody, which wasn't always the case.

It's funny when you just say 'hi, how are you' to someone and see the different reactions you get. Most of the time they are just as interested in talking to you as you are to them. But, sometimes...........not.

 

I dont like large groups of people either. Even if its a party or something id prefer it to be not to big, with mostly people i already know.

 

I am possibly one of the shyest people alive. There is no way that I could ever ever every go up to a stranger and talk to them. If I even just accidentally make eye contact with someone I don't know I immediately turn red, get really embarrassed and run away as fast as possible.

Like Matt, I also avoid most people that I do know.

 

well, hopefully it'll be sometime before snows fall...

 

that's cute although I know it doesn't feel good, I'm the same way. No talking to strangers for me either. And when a stranger approaches me, I mute up, I can't relax and probably sound like an idiot if I can get any words out at all...I hate it, but at the same time I'm starting to accept that that's the way I am. Sometimes (rarely though) I can be the life of the party, I'm not sure what circumstances permit this, but I guess it's probably when I have a little higher self-esteem.

 

Yeah, people are always wanting me to take some kind of damn pill so that I won't be so socially anxious, but it is part of who I am, and I'm not taking a pill to get rid of it.

I am actually the same way with the life of the party thing. Sometimes I just break out and turn into this ultra-social person. Only in my case, I think alcohol has a little bit to do with it

 

ha ha, yeah, alcohol helps me too. This weekend I'm going home and I'm dreading it, I know I'll have a good time, but anticipating all the people is not fun...