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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Just a curious question to OP: do you not find most women in the DC area to be quite rude in person, as well? Many of them are fairly monstrous in person.[/quote]

Not OP.  But yes, I think people in this area are pretty terrible.  We have tried to leave several times but our jobs only exist here.  Our kids are adamant about not staying here.[/quote]

I feel this way too and I've lived here for nearly 20 years. I am sometimes shocked by how rude and judgmental people are. Or just lacking in basic courtesy. Like something I've noticed is common is that people here really struggle with how to handle basic interactions with someone you know but not well. So much weird behavior. You just smile and say hello, maybe exchange a banal pleasantry or two, and then move on. But people here seem to really struggle with this. I have met people who are openly hostile when someone they know says hello to them at the playground or on the street. And I'll say "oh, did you not know them?" and they'll be like "it's some family from school, I can't remember their names."

You don't even have to remember their names. You can just say hello and be pleasant. You can smile and compliment their kid or say "such a great day for a walk -- enjoy!" Or whatever. But so many people here will act cold and rude simply because you are not their BEST friend. It's because they feel awkward. But you don't have to be awkward. You just need to think through some basic people skills and try a tiny bit, and then this stuff will be normal and and no big deal.

I've heard that Silicon Valley (where I lived for a time) has a lot of behavior like this because there is a high percentage of people there on the spectrum or with social issues. But DC is worse, IMO. And it's sort of inexplicable to me because out there I'd meet someone with few social skills and they'd turn out to be a coder or a finance person who deals in numbers all day. Here I'll meet people who are insanely rude with limited social skills and then I'll find out they work in fundraising for a non-profit or something. What?! How. This place is so weird.[/quote]

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