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silverweb

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Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 05:11 AM

Apr 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm not introverted because I'm shy. I can mix and mingle just fine when I feel like it, but I find it draining and tedious after a while.

I have other interests and better things to do on my own, and interacting too much with people who often just want something from me is more than I care to deal with.

Blanket assumptions about what it means to be an introvert are insulting.

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Shy? Fake being not. [View all] DetlefK Mar 2015 OP

Hi. Great post. Have you used these techniques?... n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #1

Partly. DetlefK Mar 2015 #2

No. silverweb Apr 2015 #3

I don't think anyone meant to insult you. murielm99 Apr 2015 #4

I appreciate the thoughts, Muriel. silverweb Apr 2015 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #8

Totally. bemildred Apr 2015 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #7

The hardest part for me is getting a foot in the door. DetlefK Apr 2015 #9

Introversion and shyness are not the same thing Novara Apr 2015 #10

Yeah, I know. DetlefK Apr 2015 #11

"Shy people miss out on so much. I don't get it." Novara Apr 2015 #12

I once had a co-worker asked me, if I'm capable of speech in front of our other co-workers... GOLGO 13 Apr 2015 #13