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[lisamoe]

I've noticed that when I go to a party or event, there's always a friending fest on lj, facebook and other social networking sites afterward among various people who met each other at said party or event. It never happens to me though. I must be standoffish when I meet people or something. I don't really feel like I am, but I also don't seem to make the connections necessary to be more than a person one meets in passing, so it must be something like that. Maybe I need lessons in being friendly. It can't be that EVERYONE hates me on sight, lol. I mean, I'm sure some people do, but honestly, I'm a reasonably fun person to know.

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[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

Dang it, I typed out a whole reply here and then lj lost it. Basically, this weekend, in a space where I *am* comfortable and usually able to be "on" I was suddenly confronted by the entirely unexpected presence of some people who probably hate me (they don't actually know me, but I'm sure they've been told I'm the antichrist and Hitler all rolled together into one) and that sent me right back into shy and weirded out. I was doing fine until about halfway through the evening when I realized this fact. Sigh. I liked it when we were all kids and you could make new friends with somebody just because you were at the same playground and were the same age. Now in my 40s, there's too much baggage and politics to make new friends with anyone, it seems like.

[jorjedatoy.livejournal.com]

Strangely, I later got an email notice of the previous response.

Your comment reminds me of when Elmo met you & your guy. I hadn't noticed that J&J were sitting to our right and Elmo couldn't notice YOU because he saw them (and their dirty looks).

I am quite the extrovert and can strike up a conversation with pretty much anyone. I think it is my TMI factor that can get in the way of my making friends. But then if someone can't handle TMI... they probably aren't a good choice for me anyway. :-P

Sorry to ramble.