I've found out something throughout my life, when it comes to meeting completely new people:-
When I act shy (but smile a lot, look relaxed, make eye contact, ect), I seem to make friends better, because they just seem to want to get to know me.
Strange, but it works!
But if I try to act like something I'm not and start trying to be heard straight away, I've found that people discover that I'm ''weird'', and can't be arsed with me.
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