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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]During conversations, people who answer questions about themselves, but do not ask questions about you.

People who do not have the ability to laugh at theirselves- too serious.[/quote]

I am working on #1. I don't ask people questions because I'm generally a private person and wouldn't want to be asked a bunch of questions, so I judge by my own standards.[/quote]

My parents are both like you in that they never ask anyone questions and give the same reasoning as you: they don’t want to be intrusive. The thing is, they don’t have any friends, are not very close w family members either and are terrible at being social generally and I think it’s mostly because of this issue. Because people interpret them never asking others questions as them not caring much/being very interested in others and being incurious. There are some questions you shouldn’t ask and you should back off if the person you’re talking to isn’t receptive to answering but if you never ask anyone anything, they’ll think you a) aren’t interested in getting to know them, b) aren’t a very interesting person yourself bc all you ever talk about is your own life, and c) selfish because you don’t seem to Care about others. I’ve had to work at it since I grew up w parents w poor social skills, but I don’t want to wind up w no friends or close relationships so I try really hard to be outgoing, ask questions of others, show interest in others. It works! I have a much easier time making friends than my parents did/do.

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