I'm improving! Tonight I INITIATED small talk with a person!

[Deja Q]

Now I'm as socially astute as an 8 year old!

:woohoo:

[texanwitch]

1. That's great, now keep going.

It will get easier every time you do it.

[redwitch]

2. Good for you!

Practice makes perfect. And stop dissing yourself! :-)

[BarenakedLady]

3. Hey you make light of it

But, I understand how difficult that was.

:yourock:

[wildhorses]

4. i am proud of you

:yourock:

:hug:

[LaraMN]

5. Good for you!

Did you talk about the weather? That's so Minnesotan!

[TOhioLiberal]

6. That's great, HypnoToad!

Keep it up! :hi:

[supernova]

7. Wonderful news, HT!

It will get easier, I promise. :hug:

[Inchworm]

8. woohoo!

:woohoo: :yourock: :woohoo:

:hi:

[Robeson]

9. Just think like Data, when he was trying to make small talk....

...in that SNG episode. A little acting never hurts.

[Left Is Write]

10. Good deal!

:)

[Adsos Letter]

11. Bravo! Good Sir...

:toast:

[philosophie_en_rose]

12. That's great.

Keep in mind, however, that people may be speechless around you due to your uncanny resemblance to Colin Firth. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. I did that the other day, too.

Scared the crap out of me.

[av8rdave]

14. Way to go...it will get easier as time goes by

[Bjornsdotter]

15. Nice job!

One step at a time.

Cheers :toast:

[Deja Q]

18. Quite. And by the time I come across as 'confident' and every other relationship-worthy trait,

I'll have been dead for 12 years! :spray: :spray:


(not to sound defeatist or anything... still, it's oddly comforting to know I'm not the only one who is socially awkward.)

[Bjornsdotter]

20. My son is

...and it's been an uphill battle for him.

There have been improvements over the years, but there is still a long way to go.

:hug:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

16. Huzzah!

You da Toad! :thumbsup:

[Autobot77]

17. Great job!

I still have trouble doing that, though it is easier when I am walking my dog, because she will actually go up to people,wanting to greet them.

[AggieGal]

19. Congrats and I understand

I am shy around new people. Which confuses the people that are my friends since they think I am very talkative.

[Kat45]

21. That's GREAT!

It will keep getting easier. I was painfully shy when I was younger. I know you have aspie complications, which I didn't have, but I can definitely sympathize regarding how difficult it is to do what you did.

[texanwitch]

22. I was shy as a child around people I didn't know.

You would never know that now.

Keep working at it, you are doing well.