… now you talk about me for a while.
How much is too much? How much do you really want to know about a person the first time you meet them?
On my regular Saturday morning ride with friends today we were joined for a couple of kilometres by another cyclist who happened to be going in the same direction as us.
He cycled next to one of the other guys in our bunch and immediately struck up a conversation … about himself. Within a very short time he had divulged his recent work history and his current yearly earnings (which are, I must admit, substantial) as well as several other bits and pieces about his life.
My friend who was chatting with him let him know where we meet on Saturday mornings and invited him to join us. I hope he decides to come riding with us; we’re always looking for extra cyclists to be part of our group. However, if he does join us, I hope he’ll quickly discover that he doesn’t need to impress us with his achievements. We’re more than happy to simply take people as we find them.
Have you met people who want to bombard you with impressive facts and figures within moments of meeting? How do you react? What do you think it says about someone’s self image if they act that way?
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Yikes. It depends on whether they are over-compensating for feeling shy (then I find after a while they kinda relax a bit), or if they are really just self-interested. In the latter case, conversations tend to get, well, a bit boring really. Part of the whole social intercourse thing, is that it’s a two-way process. I take interest in you, you take interest in me, whammo we’re friends.
Actually yes. And the kind that will try and impress is the kind you would never ever go over and talk to. Even if you are in a group, you might not be immune to someone tying to draw you out of it by nibbling our ear.
I do something awkward. Like stop hiking and pee in a bush.
I am such a people person, and this is something that happens to me frequently, although, I can’t say if they were trying to impress me or not.
There are times I feel like I have a sign stamped on my head, “Tell me ALL about yourself.”
My mom’s favorite thing to say about me is, “Barb never knows a stranger.”
Perhaps I am not easily impressed or the numbers just have little value to me. If it goes that way, I think I steer my questions in the direction of the spiritual, because after all, that is what is most important, and meeting someone new, my first concern is if they know the Lord.
Generally speaking, people’s favorite subject is usually themselves.
Luckily for me, I am interested.
I also love looking for common ground.
Having traveled somewhat, I see most people like to discuss the differences.
I like to see what there is in common.
People are people, all around the globe.
Smiles and laughter transcend all language barriers.
Those who are rather self involved or need to show off, need our patience and love even more. They also, I have found, need our honesty and frankness, or so, experience has taught me. Some will reject you, some will embrace you for caring.