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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many people are self-absorbed bores. You’re just seeing a lot of them in your circle, OP.[/quote]

yes, and there are a lot of them in NW DC.  I've been here for 10 years and have made a handful of very good friends but in the process have sorted through of dozens and dozens of self-absorbed bores. 
At my kids' school I've suffered through countess (hundreds?) of conversations with another parent droning on and on about himself or herself (it's generally a man but some women as well).  Sometimes when my husband and I go to a school event we both encounter these types and will end the evening and compare notes and realize that we did not talk to a single person who asked us one question.  They just talked endlessly about themselves.  I've become fairly good at just interjecting things about myself into conversations but that still feels weird.  Then you have two people just talking AT each other.

But keep looking.  The socially skilled are out there! I have met some lovely, lovely people here and some have become life-long friends.  Some are among the most impressive and successful people I've met (so yes-- you can be wildly successful AND take a genuine interest in other people)[/quote]

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