# How do you think others see you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995 "2002-05-03T03:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/21 "2002-05-04T05:27:16Z")
All I know is that women secretly want me. Of course, they’re so intimidated by my powerful aura that they always try to hide it. But I can sense their deep longing. Or maybe they just see me as extremely delusional. ---
**Author:** ![heptapod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@heptapod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heptapod)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/22 "2002-05-04T05:36:03Z")
Fat, hairy and menacing. ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/23 "2002-05-04T05:48:11Z")
An eccentric rock. Yes, they would have found me changed from many years ago when I was very verbal and flighty and into everything. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/24 "2002-05-04T05:52:07Z")
**Bumbazine** took mine, and said it much better than I could. ---
**Author:** ![Anemone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@Anemone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anemone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/25 "2002-05-04T05:57:19Z")
_eager_ ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/26 "2002-05-04T11:18:42Z")
I try not to think about it. I’m naturally somewhat paranoid, and trying to guess what people think of me will just feed it… ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/27 "2002-05-04T21:56:40Z")
friends: very strange. Is fun to include because occasionally says witty things we find amusing. Trys very hard to be supportive. Negative attitude a mile wide. world at large: grumpy. Invisible to all members of opposite sex. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/28 "2002-05-05T02:32:27Z")
I know people have seen me as stuck-up or snobby or bitchy before, because I’m quiet and shy and that’s easily misinterpreted. My parents seem to see me as some raging nonconformist, to put it kindly. I’m really not, but as they’re somewhat provincial, they don’t realize how normal I actually am. I’ve been called mysterious by more than one person. I’ve been called sweet on several occasions by different people, but I’ve also been called a bitch. I’ve always wished I could somehow switch places with someone else and see myself through different eyes. ---
**Author:** ![neisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4bbf92/32.png) [@neisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neisha)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/29 "2002-05-05T06:03:49Z")
Many people don’t like me at first. And a lot of times they don’t give getting to know me a chance before they form their final opinion. Most everyone I know well now says they thought I was such a bitch until they got to know me. Now I’m a bitch they know better.😉 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/30 "2002-05-05T06:44:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lodrain \* > Okay, how do blind cave fish see you, **rjung**? They don’t. I’ve never met a blind cave fish before. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995/31 "2002-05-05T06:55:04Z")
I come off as…well, naïve. Like, people will stop talking about sex sometimes if I’m in the room (at least those who don’t know me very well). I also come off as quiet. And, if I’m forced into a group-speaking situation, confident. Not in the quiet confident way, though; in the “I am determined to prove myself your equal” way. It’s amusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-others-see-you/106995.md?page=1)