tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post6362820632739233736..comments2024-01-05T09:54:15.164-05:00Comments on lots and lots of nonsense: no wonder my laundry pile is taller than Gabehalloweenloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05226515861332754382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-60054175162855539652010-03-22T10:55:24.437-04:002010-03-22T10:55:24.437-04:00I can comfortably talk to anyone. I have never had...I can comfortably talk to anyone. I have never had trouble meeting people or making friends. Where my trouble comes is in sustaining the relationship. My crazy would definitely show if I went in to details about how I have avoided people. I swear it has nothing to do with them; I obviously have issues.ccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319415763862282537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-73642302457170676062010-03-22T00:25:02.545-04:002010-03-22T00:25:02.545-04:00I love to socialize, but I'm also shy about me...I love to socialize, but I'm also shy about meeting new people. Now that I work from home, I feel really frustrated and alone sometimes - especially lately, when the work has been slow - and yet, I can't motivate myself to pick up the phone and call the new couple in town who are just our age, seem very nice, and have a 2-year-old daughter. I met them once and thought we hit it off well, but then the talk turned to cooking and they found out I'm a total reject in that arena, and for some reason that has me paranoid they won't like me, so I'm afraid to even try. Which is crazy because almost every one of my friends knows more about cooking than I do, so why would that affect things? I'm totally over-thinking it. And yet I can look at your situation and say, "Of course, she likes you!" Crazy. I am crazy.Kristinhttp://1902victorian.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-11157920727991061992010-03-16T22:57:46.992-04:002010-03-16T22:57:46.992-04:00Making new friends is so hard! I've been notic...Making new friends is so hard! I've been noticing that it takes me a really long time to get comfortable in a new spot, too - like a couple of years! Your The Crazy sounds like my The Normal, so maybe neither one of us is so weird after all. :)Meikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033972601038792745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-12137954332975419872010-03-15T11:22:25.281-04:002010-03-15T11:22:25.281-04:00ps- and by "older" I obviously mean NOT ...ps- and by "older" I obviously mean NOT milliseconds old. Because 3 years old? Isn't OLD, but you know what I mean. People start playgroups and getting together when their kids are 4 months old.Chatty Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741907859944987779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-6201543310714222142010-03-15T11:21:08.053-04:002010-03-15T11:21:08.053-04:00I love that you think this is The Crazy.
It's...I love that you think this is The Crazy.<br /><br />It's not the crazy. It's worry, it's fine. As long as it doesn't consume you and you can find ways to actively tell yourself that things are fine? then I don't think you're crossing into The Crazy.<br /><br />I think it's harder to meet people when your kids are older. When people are in ESTABLISHED playgroups. When you all have newborns, and you're all out at the park or at classes looking for other people with newborns? You pick up enthusiastic friends in a snap. You're new in town, it's been WINTER and OMG CAN IT BE OVER YET?? It will be a totally different ballgame, I think, when the weather turns nicer. You'll be outside, playdates get super casual (a la, what are you doing? playing out back, want to come over? we'll be right there), and you meet new people and the flow just seems better.<br /><br />No freaking out. I know you and I believe you to be a lovely person. I know other people see it too. :)<br /><br />ps- DON'T YOU LOVE THAT BOOK?!?!?!?!? You must read all three in the series. LOVED!!Chatty Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741907859944987779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10449167.post-1889705995944932982010-03-15T10:44:55.542-04:002010-03-15T10:44:55.542-04:00I have those same thoughts... maybe they don't...I have those same thoughts... maybe they don't like me anymore? maybe it'll annoy them if I call back right away even though I definitely have something else I need to tell them. Apparently we are similarly neurotic and/or crazy.<br /><br />We went to a playdate with some of the neighborhood parents this past Saturday... I felt tongue-tied a lot of the time. I'd appreciate some tips, myself! :)zeebahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911915236141291411noreply@blogger.com