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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an extrovert, but if I don’t know you well and you start off with gossip and prying, I clam up. Not exactly a great first impression![/quote]

esp. if they, like OP, expect you to be "vulnerable" and share secrets about yourself! I'd clam up too.[/quote]

You don’t get what I mean. To be vulnerable in a conversation is to have opinions, take a risk on a story, share something you think is funny or interesting.   Sure it is easier to sit there and be quiet. It takes a little risk to be interesting.  For example, I was in Texas and having lunch with a family friend of a friend. I didn’t know her but I loved talking to her. At one point she asked me “do you see the President all the time in DC, that would be so cool!” in kind of a star gaze way.  A question like that takes risk. That person is willing to be vulnerable . She’s not afraid if it is a dumb question, she’s not concerned what people think of her. She’s just a person willing to take a risk in a conversation.   We talked about her lularoe business, her kids, etc and it was awesome and interesting because she was willing to take these little risks on various topics. I respect people like that! [/quote]

Doesn’t sound like this person was interested in earning your respect, and given the tone of your posts, I don’t blame her. [/quote]

Of course she wasn’t trying to earn my respect. I’m not her boss, just a friend of a friend. I’m just trying to convetvand give an example of taking risk or being vulnerable. I respect and admire people who do that and enjoy conversations with them, and I try to keep it going and invest in the conversation as well. I respect when people can do that. I dislike when people don’t even try. [/quote]
YOU might respect that, but I can think of about a billion people - especially the wealthy, educated types like those who post on this site - who would be all...LOL she thinks we see the President regularly in DC? She sells LULAROE? Wow, what a tacky, uneducated flyover pleb. Seriously, I bet she goes to Applebee's too!!! And has never even been to Europe! [/quote]

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