Posted by Cari on June 12, 2000 at 08:35:32:
In Reply to: my regret posted by giveaway boy on June 12, 2000 at 08:17:53:
: There are many of you who visit this site who I have always wanted to get to know. I won't mention names but chances are if you are reading this you are one of them. I regret that I didn't push harder, work at it better, you know all that stuff. What keep speople apart? I don't know. Many of you can say the same thing about me. You just didn't know how to start a converstaion etc. I suffer from a double problem. The first impression people get of me is that I have lots of friends and that I am basically a pretty cool guy. Then, on the other hand I have this terriffic fear of basic social settings. I mean, give me a one on one at a Village Inn and I'm fine, but put me in a group of three or more, without a defined purpose and I lose myself, I have no social skills and I suffer from a thousand and one awkwardnesses that plague me in a group. I can't even order a pizza without freaking out, unless I get a single slice. It's not that I don't like people either. I just freeze up! don't know my defined role, etc. Also, I'm shy as hell. So, if there is anyone here who might think that I don't like them or that I never wanted to be their friend, it's just not true. Especially [hopefully he knows who he is]! Anyway, I consider you all my strange, dysfunctional family--my tribe (if you will permit the term). I hope that we will talk more in the future.
: Love, Bill aka giveaway boy
Bill,
You are no more a social misfit than the rest of us. Uh, but that's probably why we all belong to the same "strange, dysfunctional tribe."
We love you BECAUSE of your "thousand and one awkwardnesses"!!
Shalom!