How Friendly Are You?

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  1. Nancy Hart

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    I think you probably see yourself differently from how others see you, so I'm not gonna say what I. think, but I'd guess others think I'm a bit aloof.

    I can do small talk with complete strangers, for a short while, but once I get to know someone, even a little bit, I can't. [​IMG] .I guess maybe I find it a bit disingenuous. . Who knows. :(
     
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  2. Tex Dennis

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    Very outgoing and friendly here, speak to many, I have a speak/meet a stranger a day outlook in my life, I have met several of my closest friends just saying I would like to meet you if possible to do so. Most all my best friends have resulted from this and shooting and fishing things, male and female both. Not any shy here at all.
     
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  3. Marci Miller

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    I'm just kinda odd I guess. I used to be more outgoing and friendly but, not anymore.
    I hate small talk most of the time because it's so awkward for me to perform. Mostly because people are more into their phones than chatting to a live face. If there's no emoticon or text to read they don't wanna be bothered. That means they would have to invest themselves into the discussion. It's too much work. They wanna be heard but don't have anything to say and aren't interested in anything that doesn't come out of them. All people wanna do is argue or they can't understand you're just trying to be nice. Not after anything. So I basically have been giving up. It's just not worth the hassle anymore. I gotta explain everything I say and why I say it and it's exhausting.
     
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  4. Hal Pollner

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    I'm obnoxiously friendly!:p
    Harry
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  5. Al Amoling

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    Well @Hal Pollner how do we know that's not a prop.....video please showing movement
     
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  6. Bill Boggs

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    It's a good looking dog.
     
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  7. Hal Pollner

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    Al...here's how you'll know that it isn't a prop...because its a concrete casting of "Tundra", an Alaskan Timber Wolf!

    As for showing a video of this or any of my images, sorry...I don't know how to do dat!

    Hal
    it's a jungle out there...
     
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  8. Al Amoling

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    It did look a little fishy. That's why I asked for video to see it move.
     
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  9. Hal Pollner

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    Yes...I understand.

    Howl
     
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  10. Hal Pollner

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    Gracias, amigo...no esta Perro...es un Lobo!

    Haroldo
     
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  11. Ed Wilson

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    My friendliness is a throwaway and superficial type till I get to know someone really well, because after 70+ plus years you learn there are few that are genuinely trustworthy including family members.
     
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  12. Robert Teale

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    Me? I'm the most friendly person on the planet, and renowned for my good manners!

    A typical conversation........

    Who the 'ell are you looking at jug-ears, go on, take you screaming kids down your end of the street, I don't want them giving my dog fleas?
     
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  13. Jim Veradyne

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    I don't go out of my way to meet people but I am friendly with a lot of people, like neighbors, people who work at shops that I go to, in church, and so on. I don't think I'm unfriendly.
     
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  14. Marci Miller

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    You seem familiar for some reason.
     
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    I have a high need for social interaction that I get met mostly through interaction with retail workers, be it grocery stores, drug stores, restaurants, etc. I go to stores and many of the workers know me from my shopping there. I used to eat out alone pretty regularly, and it didn't take long at all for me to know the details of most people's lives, the behind-the-scenes workplace dirt, and all sorts of stuff.

    I'll talk to anybody about anything. If I'm out & about and make eye contact with someone, I always say "Hi." I'll chat with people in line if they're receptive to it. When I was working I would get tagged to help at trade shows & such, even though my job was not marketing-related, because I'm outgoing that way.

    But try to take it beyond that, and I'm not interested. I want my controlled contact. Anything beyond that is too much of a burden, too much of an imposition.

    A nice chat recharges me.
    Anything more is draining.
     
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