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Originally Posted by Gilda
Some of us are just too shy to talk much when we're not around people we know well. We're not trying to be rude, we're afraid of saying something stupid or offensive. Most of the time, it's just safer not to say anything.
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Yep, that tends to be the case for me. Plus, it can also go hand-in-hand with that 'small talk' pet peeve: I don't really care to talk sometimes when I have nothing interesting/funny/intelligent to say. Which does happen, believe it or not. ;-)
I've been overcoming that second self-imposed constraint lately, but I'm not always sure that overcoming it is a good thing.
My pet peeve:
People who tell me to 'loosen up'. That's not always the problem, guys. Sometimes, there is no problem except for your inability to accept that I don't enjoy a given setting/activity in the way that you do. Sometimes, the problem is that I simply don't like the setting/activity, yes I've tried it, and no, 'loosening up' isn't going to change that anymore than it'd change my dislike for peanut butter.
If I can live with that, so can you.