Shyness is nice...
So, I'm sitting here trying to decide if I should go to March Crown and my conversation with myself has gone something like this:
"I should go...I haven't been to an event in a while."
"Yeah, but I don't know anyone up here"
"True, but how do you expect to get to know anyone if you don't go to events?"
"I'm too shy, I can't just go and walk up and talk to someone, I need someone to hold my hand and introduce me to people. I won't know what to say and then there will be that uncomfortable silence."
"It won't kill you to try"
"Shut up...I'm very uncomfortable with this."
I've always hated the fact that I have this stupid shy streak. I get it from my Mother...she's very introverted. My Father is the outgoing one, and I have always admired how he (and my sister) are able so comfortable speaking to perfect strangers. They are just so natural about it and really good at asking people questions to get them talking, they are wonderful conversationalists. I've tried to parrot what I've seen them do, but I can never seem to come up with questions to ask people and then there is always those awkward lulls when the conversation has come to an end and neither one of you wants to be rude and leave...I hate that feeling. You'd think I'd be much better at it since I was in sales (and damn good at it) for 7 years. But, outside of the work place, I'm just so uncomfortable making conversation with people I don't know.
But, I'm just going to have to buck up and deal with it. I have no one to hold my hand up here, so I'm going to just have to do it on my own. Like The Smiths said, "Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to."
"I should go...I haven't been to an event in a while."
"Yeah, but I don't know anyone up here"
"True, but how do you expect to get to know anyone if you don't go to events?"
"I'm too shy, I can't just go and walk up and talk to someone, I need someone to hold my hand and introduce me to people. I won't know what to say and then there will be that uncomfortable silence."
"It won't kill you to try"
"Shut up...I'm very uncomfortable with this."
I've always hated the fact that I have this stupid shy streak. I get it from my Mother...she's very introverted. My Father is the outgoing one, and I have always admired how he (and my sister) are able so comfortable speaking to perfect strangers. They are just so natural about it and really good at asking people questions to get them talking, they are wonderful conversationalists. I've tried to parrot what I've seen them do, but I can never seem to come up with questions to ask people and then there is always those awkward lulls when the conversation has come to an end and neither one of you wants to be rude and leave...I hate that feeling. You'd think I'd be much better at it since I was in sales (and damn good at it) for 7 years. But, outside of the work place, I'm just so uncomfortable making conversation with people I don't know.
But, I'm just going to have to buck up and deal with it. I have no one to hold my hand up here, so I'm going to just have to do it on my own. Like The Smiths said, "Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to."