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View Poll Results: Are you more likely to like a new person or dislike them? | |||
I start out expecting to like them | 15 | 44.12% | |
I don't think I like them at first | 6 | 17.65% | |
I am wishy washy (yes i'm trying to polarize you) | 13 | 38.24% | |
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02-23-2004, 07:12 PM | #61 |
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undertoad, i can't believe you would think people don't like you. if you are the same in real life as you are here with your posts, anyone who doesn't like you is an idiot!
me? i just don't have any special urge to bond with people at all, and i guess they can sense it. i kind of want to be left alone, and i only like people that i know. i have my barriers that someone would have to get through for me to open up to them and be myself. i was much friendlier and open to people before i started waitressing, though!! i'm different online. i like to talk to people online, i just don't like people in real life....but i bet i would like undertoad |
02-24-2004, 12:37 AM | #62 | |
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Actually I should qualify that ... I'm available in the sense that I will be able to facilitate any need for services. Professional ethics would require that any actual work involve one of my more than able coworkers ... but I'm here. I'm also available just to hang out and shoot the shit.
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02-24-2004, 12:39 AM | #63 | |
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02-24-2004, 12:45 AM | #64 | |
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02-24-2004, 11:36 AM | #65 | |||
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[/quote]If people think that there are things in their lives that need fixing, they'll either ask for help, or fix it on their own (if it bothers them that much). If it doesn't bug them, then no amount of advice or therapy will make them change.[/quote] Precisely. Quote:
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02-24-2004, 11:59 AM | #66 | |
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I'm pretty introverted myself, and would prefer to hide in the back and people-watch. I've learned to throw on a mental mask (for lack of a better way to put it) so that I can deal better in social situations, and it's gotten easier, but it's still pretty scary. (I suffer from an anxiety disorder, as well. Which is better than it used to be, but it's still something that I struggle with.) Oddly enough, I think that my part time jobs have also given me tools to help me deal with social situations. I work in haunted houses, and putting on a costume and role have helped me find a confidence I don't normally possess. Working at the museum have also helped, because the focus isn't on me - it's on the animals I'm working with. I realize it's not the most common way to learn to deal. But when I was thrown into a role last October that had me not only ad-libbing in front of hundreds of people (in small groups, thank goodness), I was **terrified**..but I did it. Well, even. /tangent mode off |
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02-24-2004, 12:00 PM | #67 | |
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Respect has to be earned. ..Mostly because I've had way too many people demand that I respect them at first meeting, and be completely undeserving of the level of respect they're expecting. |
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02-25-2004, 07:47 AM | #68 | |
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they have to work hard to get past that.... earn my respect. by the way, this is something i discovered working retail.
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