Having small children is also an excellent party strategy for introverts.
Heh, buffistas who have met me in meat space have met my children for this very reason.
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Feb 26, 2013 11:16:59 am PST #12880 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Amy - Feb 26, 2013 11:18:50 am PST #12881 of 30001
Because books.
Heh, buffistas who have met me in meat space have met my children for this very reason.
I would never peg you as an introvert!
Remember what happened in Boulder? I think that was a classic example of me being *on* for too long (plus being tired and getting sick), and just losing it all of a sudden.
billytea - Feb 26, 2013 11:20:23 am PST #12882 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I have no problems wandering around the office and asking the developers WHY they think that's the best term for that thing.
This also seems to be a large part of parenting a three-year old.
flea - Feb 26, 2013 11:21:17 am PST #12883 of 30001
information libertarian
I often feel terribly shy when I meet Buffistas in person, sadly. I mean, you'd think that I'd be able to talk to people I've spoken to online daily for 12 years, but sometimes, no.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2013 11:24:30 am PST #12884 of 30001
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
To be perfectly honest, if I had a computer, you people, and twitter, I could be alone on a desert island indefinitely.
Ditto here, if you substitute TWoP for Twitter. I'm almost always happy to spend time with friends, but actually seeking interaction out aside from this board is so alien to me that I have to remind myself to touch base with my best friend every few weeks. My parents are really the only people whose company I actively pursue on a regular basis.
Typo Boy - Feb 26, 2013 11:24:55 am PST #12885 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, the one time I met Plei I was totally awkward and had trouble making conversation. I suspected afterwords that she thought me the most boring person ever, cause that is what I would have thought if I'd met me that day.
msbelle - Feb 26, 2013 11:27:13 am PST #12886 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
pile of papers - GONE from my desk. Moving on to small scraps of paper and single papges from notepads. Pulling what useful info is on them that made me keep them and then tossing them.
P.M. Marc - Feb 26, 2013 11:29:12 am PST #12887 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The joy of meeting other awkward people is that they are too busy worrying that they, too, are the MOST AWKWARD HUMAN EVER!
Sophia Brooks - Feb 26, 2013 11:32:33 am PST #12888 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I LOVE having something to do at parties/gatherings, and I love being behind a check-in thing at events. I was "in charge" of the cake at my BFF's wedding, and that was nice too. I am not sure if it is my innate personality, or the fact that I started working as a cashier at 15, so I have LOTS of scripts for what to say in those situations.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2013 11:32:47 am PST #12889 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I often feel terribly shy when I meet Buffistas in person, sadly. I mean, you'd think that I'd be able to talk to people I've spoken to online daily for 12 years, but sometimes, no.
Me too, sometimes.
Yeah, the one time I met Plei I was totally awkward and had trouble making conversation.
Yeah, sometimes I feel like the clever, fun part of my brain just shuts down when I'm making f2f conversation.
Relatedly, I recently learned that introversion and social anxiety are not the same thing. Now I'm wondering how much of my difficulty socializing is due to social anxiety and how much is introversion.