Quiet People

[ThatGuy]

How do you feel about them? Do you think that something is wrong with them, do you find them mysterious, odd or that they are stuck up? I only ask this because I am a quiet person at least until I get to know the people I'm around (usually at work), and for pretty much my adult life I've been getting shit for it. I even had one guy tell me that i was too quiet, when I asked why was that a problem he said "because the quiet people are serial killers". All that did for me was drive me further back in my shell.

[AceFace]

i tend to not only not understand quiet people, but i also intimidate them. i don't try to, but it's inevitable. i'm very out going and loud. one time i accidentally insulted my sister in law, who's very quiet, just by being loud and rowdy. she was mad at me for weeks. i still have no clue what i did other than be loud.

[Yetra Flam]

i'm actually pretty quiet around people i don't know, i guess i'm a little bit shy. i really hope people don't see me as being rude or uninterested, but i'm sure some of them might think that.
but i totally understand quiet people, and certainly don't think that they're serial killers.

[Lyman Zerga]

only corpses are more silent than me

[TAL]

I'm quiet people.

[Lyman Zerga]

all day i pretty much type more words than i speak, i must be so fucking proud!

[na§tee]

i am everyday people.

[TurdBerglar]

there's a difference between shy and quiet. shy people creep me out. i'd consider myself quiet. it's not that im quiet i just refuse to talk to people i have no interest in. im a loud mouth asshole around people i like. shy people creep me out because they're kinda unpredictable. can't judge them as well. it especially creeps me out when someone is highly shy towards me compared to the rest of the people around.

[ET]

Hah, I used to be labeled the quiet one a looong time ago. Jumping into conversations about whether Chevy or Ford trucks are the best trucks ever, I find, is a difficult thing for me. But I guess I'm not one for small talk. The people I'm the most comfortable around get to see the real me, of course.

Otherwise I'm dropping the most concise sentences I possibly can. I think that it shows on the mb to a certain extent. A lot of my posts are around 2 sentences.

[funk63]

in reality i usually only open my mouth when i have something important to say. i cant stand people who babble about stupid shit.

[Dorothy Wood]

I'm always accused of being quiet. The last time was in Arizona on a horseback ride that I decided to go on last minute before going to the airport. It was me, and a family of 5. so awkward. the guide said, "you're awful quiet". but, uhh, I was riding a horse in the desert (the horse had a name) with strangers, what the fuck am I supposed to say? so I asked him about rattlesnakes.


sometimes I'm really loud and obnoxious, but only when I feel comfortable in my surroundings. the other day, I rolled around on the floor and spun and kicked my friend in the butt in front of a bunch of people. I don't know, I was bored. I guess that was just obnoxious, the whole thing didn't make much noise.


quiet people tend to be smarter and more observant. I don't worry too much about people who judge me for being quiet. but, the older I get the more I realize that people don't really care as much about what you say or do as you think they might, which has allowed me to become more outgoing.

[ThatGuy]

Personally for myself I'm just growing tired of feeling like something is wrong with me because I don't babble on about nothing. I'm the type of person that usually doesn't say whole lot unless I have something of value to say. I'm horrible at small talk.

[Lyman Zerga]

do outgoing/unquiet people even need message boards?

[mikizee]

Wow, a whole lot of internet people are quiet in real life

wonders never cease

[Dorothy Wood]

I think that this message board has actually made me more obnoxious in real life.

maybe it's just the booze.

[AceFace]

i think i'm the only loud one in this thread!

my husband is amazed at how i can just start talking to someone in the grocery store. i smile at everyone and make eye contact, usually. sometimes that gets construed as flirting, but it's not always. ;)

i smiled at these two guys the other day at target. i guess they thought i was checking them out b/c they started talking about what they would do with my booty (after they got far enough away that i couldn't hear them). it just happened my husband was in the aisle they were talking and he almost bucked up to them.... he's shy, so he just gave them the stink eye.

[icy manipulator]

i'm the kind of person who wont really speak unless spoken to. i can yap on for hours, but as long as someone else starts the conversation. i'm not very good at meeting new ppl, most of the ppl i know are ppl i've met thru someone else

[Bob]

I think that this message board has actually made me more obnoxious in real life.

maybe it's just the booze.

there's booze on here???

[russhie]

I'm quiet, usually.

What's that saying...better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt...?

Or something. I don't have a good memory. Being quiet does that, you know.

[ThatGuy]

It drives me crazy when someone walks by you when you're at work not really doing anything fun or exiting just working, and the person says "smile"...and you're like yeah haha but inside you're like dude just leave me alone!

[jackrock]

It drives me crazy when someone walks by you when you're at work not really doing anything fun or exiting just working, and the person says "smile"...and you're like yeah haha but inside you're like dude just leave me alone!

Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays!

[ThatGuy]

Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays!


I used to have a job where at the first meeting of the week they would they would actually say "happy Monday everyone"! So damn corny!

[sercomdj01]

My ex last year was a very loud person. Since her ive been more attracted to quiet people. It can be a good thing... when people come out of there shell its quite nice. They;re is something cute about a girl whos all shy and quiet....:p

[abcdefz]

Loud people drive me fucking nuts. It's like they have no sense of personal space.

[Caribou]

Loud people can drive me absolutely bonkers. Really, you can get your point across WITHOUT SHOUTING. I work with a couple of these people and I often just give them a 'meh' look, and then they call me a grouchy beeatch. Oh well. I just like to converse by going 'yup' and 'uhuh' and 'hmm'. With my (mostly male) friends it's just random bursts of 'dude', 'yuh' and 'woah'. I prefer mono-syllabic words.

I'm usually only loud when I've drunk a wee bit too much, which is also the only time I dance or give random shouts to let people know I'm in a good mood. :o

[AceFace]

L

I'm usually only loud when I've drunk a wee bit too much, which is also the only time I dance or give random shouts to let people know I'm in a good mood. :o


maybe we're loud b/c we're always in a good mood!

[Caribou]

Well, I'm usually in a good mood as well, but I don't make a big deal out of it or feel the need to deafen people with my volume.

When I enter a room with people I just say hi, give a wave and do whatever I'm supposed to do there. I don't shout HIIIIIII, HOW ARE YOU GUYS?! and ask to be the centre of attention, like some people I know.

[AceFace]

enh. i don't feel the need to deafen people, either. but mostly i can't help it. it's the kind of person i am. :cool:

[TAL]

I want to live like quiet people
I want to do whatever quiet people do
I want to sleep with quiet people
I want to sleep with quiet people,
like you.


Right on!

[AceFace]

hahahaha, someone knows i'm a pulp fan!

[Caribou]

Pulp. <3

I love shouting "OOOH THIS IS HAAAAARDCOOOOORE" etc..

:o

[a.k.a me]

You should threaten him with this (http://www.bigfeature.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/butter-knife.jpg) next time.


I've always been a quiet person; it seems I only speak when it's necessary, at least when I'm around people I'm not entirely comfortable with. This one girl once told me she sort of hated me when she met me; she thought I was a stuck-up simply because I didn't talk that much. Once she got to know me better we became very good friends. (y)

[marsdaddy]

"It's the quiet ones you have to worry about. Notice I ain't said shit in like 3 minutes now."