Introverts vs Shy People

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finrod
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12 Oct 2008, 3:21 pm

My dad does not understand that I am NOT shy! My parents are divorced, my Dad has a "lady friend" that he wants me to meet. I asked him "So did you tell Ladyfriend I was shy?" He said "yeah." I really hate being called shy, I hate talking to people and I just want to be left alone! :evil:

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12 Oct 2008, 3:25 pm

Ladyfriend is a cool name.

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12 Oct 2008, 3:36 pm

Damn, I wish MY Dad had done that for me... he didn't seem to give a %$#^ about me dying alone.

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12 Oct 2008, 8:23 pm

finrod wrote:

My dad does not understand that I am NOT shy! My parents are divorced, my Dad has a "lady friend" that he wants me to meet. I asked him "So did you tell Ladyfriend I was shy?" He said "yeah." I really hate being called shy, I hate talking to people and I just want to be left alone! :evil:

er, thats kind of what shy is.

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12 Oct 2008, 8:26 pm

886 wrote:

finrod wrote:

My dad does not understand that I am NOT shy! My parents are divorced, my Dad has a "lady friend" that he wants me to meet. I asked him "So did you tell Ladyfriend I was shy?" He said "yeah." I really hate being called shy, I hate talking to people and I just want to be left alone! :evil:

er, thats kind of what shy is.

No, that's really more asociality. Shyness is more reluctant, more suppressed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyness

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12 Oct 2008, 8:29 pm

You can't blame him for using the same term you use to describe yourself.

What reason would he have to take you seriously about not using the term shy when you are asking him if he's telling people your shy?

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12 Oct 2008, 9:01 pm

Where does the introvert part come in? :scratch:

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12 Oct 2008, 11:21 pm

tdgkf wrote:

Ladyfriend is a cool name.

totally.

i wish i had a magical rubber hammer of great realizations that i could hit people with.

"why are you so shy?"
*conks person on the head*

"you're not shy, you're just awkward with people you don't know very well!"
yes!

my dream...

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13 Oct 2008, 1:08 am

tinky wrote:

tdgkf wrote:

Ladyfriend is a cool name.

totally.

i wish i had a magical rubber hammer of great realizations that i could hit people with.

"why are you so shy?"
*conks person on the head*

"you're not shy, you're just awkward with people you don't know very well!"
yes!

my dream...

hit me tinky! :lol:

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13 Oct 2008, 1:22 am

*hits computerlove on the head* anything?

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13 Oct 2008, 2:18 am

tinky
TINKY!

my feet
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they
they are alive!
THEY ARE ALIVE!

they are trying to do something
something rithmic
I think it's called

D A N C I N G!

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13 Oct 2008, 12:12 pm

tdgkf wrote:

Ladyfriend is a cool name.

My friend's mom used to call the guy she was dating her "man-friend". She explained that it was more fitting than "boyfriend" for a man in his 50's . . .

But I think terms like "man-friend" and "lady-friend" sound hilariously sleazy. I guess it's because I've most often heard them used in the context of affairs, open marriages, etc., and always by people in my parents' age group.

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13 Oct 2008, 12:22 pm

Whenever I hear someone talking about a ladyfriend, I assume the ladyfriend is a prostitute.

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13 Oct 2008, 2:01 pm

I may be a little shy but mainly I just don't want to talk to everyone. I think where my shyness comes in is when I meet someone I actually do want to talk to and I freeze up.

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