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Reply 1
Hmm I think of myself as extremely sociable - I have a boyfriend and plenty of friends from college and from going out and through other people etc. I spend loads of time going out and socialising - at least 3/4 days in the week I would do something with friends or boyf eg cinema/clubbing/or just chilling. but then im not a very heavy tsr user!
Reply 2
TKR
Hmm I think of myself as extremely sociable - I have a boyfriend and plenty of friends from college and from going out and through other people etc. I spend loads of time going out and socialising - at least 3/4 days in the week I would do something with friends or boyf eg cinema/clubbing/or just chilling. but then im not a very heavy tsr user!


Am I mistaken in thinking that you're gay? This might be a bit of a stereotype but gays seem to be rather confident and out-going.
Reply 3
SamTheMan
I've always wondered what TSR people are in real life. I guess the stereotype is that anyone who spends more than an hour on an internet forum, probably hasn't got a life.

I wouldn't consider myself as a very sociable person: not particularly shy but just not that good at being sociable and not too confident.

i'm the one who all but my out-of-college friends seem to forget during holidays...
just that they're working right now :frown:

when i get back to college, everything should be great again...

in the meantime i mosh...
im the one in our group who every1 gets on with.....which is nice. they come to me for advice but no that they cannot walk all over me but tht we can have a laugh. i go out 3 or 4 evenings a week
Reply 5
Wouldn't say I'm any of your options really, with my mates I'm very extroverted(if thats the right word?) but when it comes to meeting new people although I'm sociable and stuff I find it really hard to completely be myself until I know them better.
Reply 6
I don't think number of friends necessarily determines how much of a confident person you are. It's also about opportunity - I wouldn't say I'm very very quiet but because I'm on a gap I don't get to meet people as much as I'd like to.

I used to be a lot shyer than I am now. Now I'd say I'm reasonably confident, especially with people I know.

Edit: Also, as imasillynarb has pointed out, it really varies between who I'm talking to. There should be an option for that on the poll as I think that's the most realistic.

And the poll should be public!!!
Reply 7
I don't have any friends in Manchester now :frown: It's really crap, all my friends from 6th form have left the country, I've failed to get a job so I can't meet anybody that way. It's just annoying because I don't even have anyone to go out with and make new friends. Totally a catch22 situation when you have no friends and don't goto school or have a job.
Reply 8
homoterror
I don't have any friends in Manchester now :frown: It's really crap, all my friends from 6th form have left the country, I've failed to get a job so I can't meet anybody that way. It's just annoying because I don't even have anyone to go out with and make new friends. Totally a catch22 situation when you have no friends and don't goto school or have a job.

PRECISELY my situation.

At least I'm leaving soon though.
I have many friends, most of them Ive known since I was 11, and we're all really close, and always go out together. But that doesnt mean you're a more sociable person if you have friends, one of my mates is very sociable, she goes out with us all the time, but shes dead quiet and hardly talks and mixes. Me personally, I'm that type of person that is loud, confident and popular but only with those who I feel comfortable with, such as my mates, otherwise if I was alone and in a room full of people, I'd probably go and sit alone and wait for someone to approach me. Lol, no wonder I havent got a bf. I use TSR alot, more in the holidays, that doesnt mean I dont have a life.
Reply 10
BlueAngel
I have many friends, most of them Ive known since I was 11, and we're all really close, and always go out together. But that doesnt mean you're a more sociable person if you have friends, one of my mates is very sociable, she goes out with us all the time, but shes dead quiet and hardly talks and mixes. Me personally, I'm that type of person that is loud, confident and popular but only with those who I feel comfortable with, such as my mates, otherwise if I was alone and in a room full of people, I'd probably go and sit alone and wait for someone to approach me. Lol, no wonder I havent got a bf. I use TSR alot, more in the holidays, that doesnt mean I dont have a life.


Well that friend of yours would be option 3. and you're either option 1 or 2.
I chose option 3 'cause although I'm really sociable, I'm also selective with my friends...I don't like to be the centre of attention either.
Reply 12
Its quite annoying to be the center of attention, i dont like to be talked about by people. It just basically makes you more vulnerable to insults and all that stuff (ie. backbiting)
Reply 13
nasht
Its quite annoying to be the center of attention, i dont like to be talked about by people. It just basically makes you more vulnerable to insults and all that stuff (ie. backbiting)


Are you American?
Reply 14
There are quite a few people with almost no friends :frown:
Reply 15
I voted for 'Very confident, I'm the life and soul of the party!'. I know it sounds naff, but it's true.
Reply 16
Depressing lonly guy in the corner here!

I have a few good friends, but not many.
Reply 17
well to be fair i just posted a naked picture of myself on tsr... so i would say very confident
Reply 18
I've just realised I'm a pretty unsociable person: I come across as a bit aloof in uncomfortable situations, not necessarily shy, at times but mainly because I'm very stressed by the situation.

The trouble is, I've made appearing confident and comfortable, when I'm totally stressed out and worried inside, an art form (I landed a job at an investment bank a few months ago, as they thought I appeared totally confident :rolleyes:. How wrong were they). I'm rarely myself and I'm a bit of a social chameleon and yes, I'm a bit messed up :frown:
Reply 19
SamTheMan
I've just realised I'm a pretty unsociable person: I come across as a bit aloof in uncomfortable situations, not necessarily shy, at times but mainly because I'm very stressed by the situation.

The trouble is, I've made appearing confident and comfortable, when I'm totally stressed out and worried inside, an art form (I landed a job at an investment bank a few months ago, as they thought I appeared totally confident :rolleyes:. How wrong were they). I'm rarely myself and I'm a bit of a social chameleon and yes, I'm a bit messed up :frown:



Hmmmm same here. For me though if I were to go to a job interview, I could come across as conversational and decently outgoing, not to mention I do not look nerdy at all but I can be very studious when the time comes (studying for one final 3 days in a row). But in reality, if I got the job after the interview to be a cashier or something, I'd b*tch someones head off and want to avoid the public. I couldn't pretend to be nice to someone who was irritating me, not to mention I'm quite naturally sarcastic which could come off wrong to some people who are too dense in the head.

I like to do things with close friends that are witty & humorous; i don't understand the appeal of going to a random party and talking to drunk guys who are boring and just hit on you because they want to "tap any ass."