Uncomfortable Socializing

[Rick]

Do many of you feel off beat or awkward in a social environment?  EG bars, wedding receptions, dance balls, etc.  I can't honestly say all those things are my cup of tea.

[Soul Dreamer]

Ah, socialising. I really am terrible at this. I don't mind being around people, a group of any size, but I usually prefer more people so no one notices how little I actually say. I just can't talk very well. I mess up my words so bad that I end up sounding worse than Yoda from Star Wars.

[Rick]

LaSerena, i agree.  I feel somewhat deaf in social environments as well.  I wonder why that is?  Could it be because half our minds are somewhere else, making listening more difficult?  

[Wish Upon A Wish]

I don't like large groups of people. I do not like social situations where there is likely to be a lot of smalltalk.  Seriously, why do people smalltalk so much? I'd much rather deeper discussions, but it's kind of difficult to find a stranger willing to do the same, especially when I don't want to go up and talk to them.

(Also, I do not dance. I do not dance.)

[ashlee]

yes.

[K. Pow]

I've noticed it more and more as I've gotten older. Maybe I'm just an awkward high school student, but sometimes I think the MD has hurt my social skills.

[KwanKwan]

I cant be in a group outside of school with more than 4 people. It's unbearable. Like once there's 6 people in the group I get so self conscious. 

[jonathan richard chilson]

Im a little like  Atrocious_B but im able to hold a coversation with people I dont know so long as it isent drawn out and the person dosent do anything offencive. If they do I have to reactions either they are ignored untill the end of time itself or I am literally forced to get alonge with them. (About the only person who can do that is my mom and she even finds it tuff) or the way i talk starts to become really iratating and patronising without any mental effort on my part. (I serosly wont even notice it untill there really P.Oed) So in the end I just desided to keep even that to minumum.

[LostSoul99]

It depends for me actually. I don't mind being in a social area with friends I feel absolutely comfortable with or just by myself.  As for weddings, it depends on a lot of things. Like it depends whether there would be too many people that I know that are going or not. If there are too many people that I know are going and I have to socialize with them, most likely I wouldn't want to go at all. But if it's just that an intimate friend is going or if nobody at all is going but my family, and I don't have to sociallize, I just can relax and observe and enjoy what happens during the wedding, I really don't mind. But the thing with me is there are moments where I could be social but with me being a highly sensitive person, I don't know if many of you heard the term, I hate being around people that I've known all my life but aren't close with at a deeper level. But I have no problem being around people I don't know as long as I haven't formed a bad or really good opinion about them. Really good as in if I see someone and something about them is so great that it makes me feel inferior, I tend to not want to be around that person even though I like them. LOL It's weird I know but that's the truth. So it really depends. But I find that sometimes, I need a new environment and new people. Am I socially awkward? Sometimes but it depends on the situation itself. 

[Cordellia Amethyste Rose]

I would hope your boyfriend is smart and fond of you, too!  I guess when there's a difference like that it depends on who feels it more strongly.  Is his desire to go stronger or your desire not to go?  

[Cordellia Amethyste Rose]

I avoid social situations at all cost.  I don't even pretend to like them.  Anyone who knows me knows I don't like them and isn't offended by that.  Anette, I got out of going to a friend's wedding by simply telling the truth....that I was uncomfortable in social situations.  He wasn't offended.