meeting new people

Sundae · 12-05-2006, 02:13 PM

I'm not shy - I can go up to complete strangers and talk to them. But I am very picky.

I have a horror of smalltalk if that's all someone has to offer, and of saying something that just gets a blank look in return because it's gone whistling over the head of the person I'm talking to.

I do attract people, but I can't be friends with someone for the sake of it. We really have to click. I dream one day of opening a door and finding my peer group, all ready and waiting for me for the last 30 odd years. In the mean time I find them scattered about, one by one, and the relief at knowing it's not just me is like walking into a warm room.

Elspode · 12-05-2006, 02:24 PM

I'm not shy, but I'm no prize, either, so meeting new people is problematic for me. As my planned correspondent in my recent foray into a Poly lifestyle has just told me, essentially, that she just wants to be friends (translation: no sex), I need to come to grips with the whole "meeting people" thing.

I've never been 50 and needed to "meet people" before. I face this prospect with a certain amount of trepidation.

12-05-2006, 02:13 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm not shy - I can go up to complete strangers and talk to them. But I am very picky. I have a horror of smalltalk if that's all someone has to offer, and of saying something that just gets a blank look in return because it's gone whistling over the head of the person I'm talking to. I do attract people, but I can't be friends with someone for the sake of it. We really have to click. I dream one day of opening a door and finding my peer group, all ready and waiting for me for the last 30 odd years. In the mean time I find them scattered about, one by one, and the relief at knowing it's not just me is like walking into a warm room. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-05-2006, 02:24 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm not shy, but I'm no prize, either, so meeting new people is problematic for me. As my planned correspondent in my recent foray into a Poly lifestyle has just told me, essentially, that she just wants to be friends (translation: no sex), I need to come to grips with the whole "meeting people" thing. I've never been 50 and needed to "meet people" before. I face this prospect with a certain amount of trepidation. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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