OddDuckNash99 wrote:
As a child, I was outgoing with everyone. I was very "in your face," and I was overly affectionate and would just talk to everyone or hug people I liked all the time without any social boundaries. Ever since late childhood, I've been outgoing only with people I really am close to or really like. When I'm with people I don't know well or don't like, I barely talk and can't wait to be alone and by myself. I find small talk incredibly dull and useless. But when I'm with people I like being around, I'm always talking a mile a minute and often rambling about my special interests. For how it's affected me socially, my whole life, people either tend to be really amused by my quirkiness and overenthusiasm for things and enjoy being around me, or they find me "weird" and are turned off by my personality. But I don't care what people think of me, so I've never tried to stifle my real, true self. I just act like my normal, outgoing self, and if people find me weird, that's their problem.
Heh, similar situation here. I used to hug teacher's legs in school. I was far more outgoing with adults, than those of my age group, though. Later in life, I became afraid of social situations because of the way I was being treated for being so awkward.
-Mallory
That is so awful. I'm glad I live in a city ( San Francisco ) where quirky or awkward is more accepted. At least by adults.
25 Jun 2011, 2:01 pm
