How important is social life to you?

[Saturos]

Open your mouth again, and I think my testicles might become a few ounces lighter...

 

[evil^milk]

I'm pretty sure this "shyness" deal that Helplife2.net is so sure it suffers from is pretty common amongst "normal" people.

I mean, ****, how normal is it to go up to peeps you don't know and just fire up a convo about anything? It's fun to do a lot of the times, and it's something you deff have a desire to do, but seriously, tell me how "normal" it is to just randomly interact with complete strangers.

You deff have to be able to work around that inevitable awkwardness if you're gonna do something like that, because you sure as **** can't count on the other person to do it. And that's not always all that easy, depending on how completely different you two do or don't turn out to be.

So really, I wouldn't hold something like that against myself. I know i'm guilty of it, all the time actually, so it's kind of hypocritical to say that, but srsly, don't think it makes you a weirdo.

I like to think i'm getting better at it though. Being out here in this city all alone has deff fired up my desire to interact with people. I've been finding myself talking to total strangers about totally random topics lately, and it's always a lot of fun to hear whatpeople generaly just like you and me have to say about stuff. Just today I had a conversation about traveling the world with some woman I just met on the street, and it was interesting to hear where she'd been, and where she wants to go. I was never like that at home, i'd always just hang with my friends, and keep to my comfort zone.

I kind of know what you mean.

I went to vacations for a week away from the country. It was too tempting to talk with the people there and I wouldn't resist - even if it were for just a question or two.

So now when I'm back home, where I've always lived, I tell myself, "Oh it's just like this other place. Don't know anyone or don't have anything to lose - so might as well try."

I know I didn't express it encompassing the whole experience of being in a completely different place - but it really isn't any different from that, if you know what i mean.

 

[Mellish]

Yes, it is.