I'm improving! Tonight I INITIATED small talk with a person!
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:15 PM
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I'm improving! Tonight I INITIATED small talk with a person!
Now I'm as socially astute as an 8 year old! :woohoo:
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:43 PM
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1. That's great, now keep going.
It will get easier every time you do it.
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:44 PM
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Practice makes perfect. And stop dissing yourself! :-)
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:45 PM
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3. Hey you make light of it
But, I understand how difficult that was. :yourock:
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:49 PM
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:50 PM
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Did you talk about the weather? That's so Minnesotan!
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:51 PM
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6. That's great, HypnoToad!
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:51 PM
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It will get easier, I promise. :hug:
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Fri Jun-01-07 09:51 PM
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:woohoo: :yourock: :woohoo: :hi:
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Fri Jun-01-07 10:32 PM
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9. Just think like Data, when he was trying to make small talk....
...in that SNG episode. A little acting never hurts.
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Fri Jun-01-07 10:35 PM
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Fri Jun-01-07 10:51 PM
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Edited on Fri Jun-01-07 10:52 PM by adsosletter
:toast:
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:14 PM
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Keep in mind, however, that people may be speechless around you due to your uncanny resemblance to Colin Firth. :)
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:22 PM
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13. I did that the other day, too.
Scared the crap out of me.
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:29 PM
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14. Way to go...it will get easier as time goes by
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:30 PM
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One step at a time. Cheers :toast:
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:46 PM
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18. Quite. And by the time I come across as 'confident' and every other relationship-worthy trait,
I'll have been dead for 12 years! :spray: :spray: (not to sound defeatist or anything... still, it's oddly comforting to know I'm not the only one who is socially awkward.)
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Sat Jun-02-07 12:12 AM
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...and it's been an uphill battle for him. There have been improvements over the years, but there is still a long way to go. :hug:
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:33 PM
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:42 PM
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I still have trouble doing that, though it is easier when I am walking my dog, because she will actually go up to people,wanting to greet them.
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Fri Jun-01-07 11:50 PM
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19. Congrats and I understand
I am shy around new people. Which confuses the people that are my friends since they think I am very talkative.
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Sat Jun-02-07 12:17 AM
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It will keep getting easier. I was painfully shy when I was younger. I know you have aspie complications, which I didn't have, but I can definitely sympathize regarding how difficult it is to do what you did.
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Sat Jun-02-07 12:20 AM
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22. I was shy as a child around people I didn't know.
You would never know that now. Keep working at it, you are doing well.
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