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Aspocrat
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13 Feb 2011, 11:52 am

I hate looking people in the eyes. When a conversation is interesting I still find a way to get out of it. In fact I think I hate it to talk to people about myself as in having to answer questions. I have no problem with boasting on my own.



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13 Feb 2011, 11:58 am

Aspocrat wrote:
I have no problem with boasting on my own.


Surely that's no fun.

I'd love to help enable you in boasting to others.

What do you 'hate' about eye contact?


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14 Feb 2011, 3:37 pm

Moog wrote:
Aspocrat wrote:
I have no problem with boasting on my own.


Surely that's no fun.

I'd love to help enable you in boasting to others.

What do you 'hate' about eye contact?


No, what I mean is I hate it when people talk about me in a good or bad way. I'd rather talk about my own achievements myself without being asked about them.



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14 Feb 2011, 5:45 pm

Aspocrat wrote:
I'd rather talk about my own achievements myself without being asked about them.


People don't really like this, especially if there is no context that would make speaking of your achievements relevant. If it's not relevant, then you appear egocentric and full of yourself.


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14 Feb 2011, 8:36 pm

Aspocrat wrote:
No, what I mean is I hate it when people talk about me in a good or bad way. I'd rather talk about my own achievements myself without being asked about them.

Hm. I have the opposite issue. I don't mind if people talk about well or badly of me (as long as I'm there to hear it). And I wish people would ask me about my achievements so I could talk about them.