Do people generally like you?

In My Humble Opinion
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I find it so incredibly weird how quickly people seem to like/trust me.

I grew up with a bit of emotional abuse (“you’re ugly” “you’re stupid”) etc. that I’m only recently starting to fight off well. My general attitude in public is to be as innocuous as possible. If someone asks me something, I answer; if they need help, I help; but beyond that I keep to myself. :cool:

But sometimes people will just up and start talking to me! (Even teenage boys. Now **that **is weird!) No prob; I worked a customer-service job long enough to act friendly and personable, even when I don’t feel like it. I end up talking to seemingly “crazy” people sometimes: just nod and smile, I tell myself, you usually can’t go wrong with that. :wink:

One silly thing is I usually chat a bit with the people who check me out at the pharmacy/grocery. (As long as no one is waiting behind me.) Probably because I worked at a grocery for a little over 2 years and I know how soul-sucking it can be. :frowning:

Some of the stores in my area have a strict “no bags in the store” policy, which I have learned to ignore. Not because I’m above the law, but whenever I offer them my bag (which is usually full of library books) they invariably say, “That’s okay, sweetie, go on.” :smiley:

For reference, I consider myself only of average attractiveness, I am approaching middle age, rather overweight, but dress all right, and carry a Charrmy Kitty purse (Charrmy Kitty is Hello Kitty’s cat; don’t think about it too hard, it will wreck your brain). :stuck_out_tongue:

A couple months ago, I did have a scary experience at the bus stop, where a gentleman of a different race looked seriously like he wanted to kill me. Not sure where that was coming from; I took Spanish all through high school, loved Anthropology, I have multicultural friends, and the best boyfriend my mother ever had was of a different race, so. :rolleyes:

42

I went ahead and clicked on the “I’m a people magnet” option. Because of my personality and how I act I’m pretty polarizing, either love me or hate me…but pretty much all of the time I’ll get the love me response.

It’s actually one of the more annoying aspects of my life is that I’m so damn memorable. EVERYONE freakin remembers me. Random people from class, parents, people I worked with for barely two months. I’m recognized wherever I go and couldn’t hate it more if I tried

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I went with the second option - I think people in general like me - I’ve certainly never observed groups dispersing when I approach. In most circumstances, I tend to be more of a listener than a “life of the party” type, and I don’t think I piss people off. On the other hand, I’m kinda clueless when it comes to reading people, so I could be completely wrong.

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In a discussion of unobtrusiveness*, a friend said of me that I was “incredibly centered” and my “energy is perfectly contained”. I think that means I don’t move much, making those traits pretty much indistinguishable from “lazy”…which is certainly a fair description.

*This discussion arose after he spent five minutes looking for me, while I was standing in plain sight less than 20 feet away.

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Generally people like me, but I’m not sure why.