# "It would mean a lot to me if you were there." I fundamentally don't get it.

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**Created:** [July 13, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-mean-a-lot-to-me-if-you-were-there-i-fundamentally-dont-get-it/692993 "2014-07-13T14:39:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-mean-a-lot-to-me-if-you-were-there-i-fundamentally-dont-get-it/692993/101 "2014-07-16T16:33:55Z")

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> [@BetsQ](#):
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> For the record, I’m neither particularly introverted nor extroverted, and I have reasonably good people skills. I just am not interested in performing for others. In fact, I would tread carefully before attending someone else’s event on the assumption that having people watch would make it less fun for them.

If you have “reasonably good people skills,” you wouldn’t think that you would have to tread carefully before attending a spectator event, especially a sporting or athletic event.

Would you think this about a musical or theater performance?

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