# Am I an arrogant person because of this?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-arrogant-person-because-of-this/230830 "2004-02-24T04:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-arrogant-person-because-of-this/230830/1 "2004-02-24T04:15:04Z")

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I only communicate with people who I can relate to or that I find interesting. For the people who do not fall into those two categories, I only communicate if I need something from them or need to get something accomplished. Otherwise, I’m a pretty quiet person and not the type of person who talks for the hell of it.

This causes major conflict in my family, both immediate and extended. The above “rules” also include some family members. Some of them I can’t relate to nor I find them interesting. Therefore, I seldom talk to them when I see them, nor I make phone calls when I don’t see them. However, I don’t think anything bad of most of these relatives. Because of this, I am called arrogant, insensitive, uncaring, selfish, socially inept…you name it. I disagree. It’s just that I don’t have much to say to certain people. What are your thoughts?

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