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Jul 04, 2006 03:19

I'm something of a rarity, a 7th child. 5 older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister. How many families have that many children nowadays ( Read more... )

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slightfoxing July 4 2006, 19:13:25 UTC
Reading that, I do feel a little .. not envious, that's not the word, but you know, I appreciate that warmth and sociability and would have liked to have shared it. My parents are completely anti-social. It's not that they don't like people ... they just don't really like being with them, and so there was never really any guests in the house. I, on the other hand, love people and love to be with them, but find it incredibly difficult because, from my upbringing, I am extremely shy and have no self-confidence around people.

Anyway ... enough about me ;)

So, what have you been up to then?!

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thejoefish July 5 2006, 00:30:14 UTC
i know what you mean, I suppose envious is the only word for it. Oddly enough I find that my interpersonal skills and my self confidence aren't that good. within the family i'm fine simply because i've been exposed to them all my life, but new people, they are a real challenge. A lot of the time the confidence that others see in me is simply a forced act, but the advantage of that is once you've broken that initial awkwardness you don't need to put on the act anymore, because you can already get on with said person, familiarity breeds confidence. Only way i've ever made friends to honest ( ... )

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slightfoxing July 5 2006, 17:33:37 UTC
I suppose nearly everyone is less confident than they seem.

It's amazing how much shyness/confidence can depend on the company you're in. Some people (as I imagine your family would) have this sort of aura of goodnaturedness and acceptance and you just immediately feel at home with them. There's a lady at work like that, she can speak to anyone on the helpline and make them go from tears to laughter and get their entire life story out of them in a ten minute phone call. I think that's got to be one of the best abilities around. I don't think people really appreciate those qualities as much these days.

Looking for work does suck. I'm too scared/lazy to leave my current job though I probably should. Good luck with the interviews etc.

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