Popular people

[Giggly]

It's been a while since I've made a post here.

Today I have "Popular people" on my mind.

I find them to be greatly intimidating.

I should state that when I say "Popular" what I mean is people who have lots of friends, socialize a lot, are the life of the party, talk to tons and tons of people and go out a lot.

Maybe this is why I never got on Facebook, it seems a popularity contest of sorts.

My mother and siblings are popular. I could never keep up because it exhausts me and more importantly intimidates me. Even coming from my own family. I am more like my late father. He wasn't popular like that but he could have been if he wanted to. He was loved.


I do find popular people entertaining and fun to be around but usually it will trigger some discomfort in me after a few hours and I need to retreat for a while before rejoining them again. This has been going on my whole life. And I do like being around them. I don't know, it's confusing. It's probably an issue that I need to work though. I don't think that I'm all that shy though.

I wanted to make the distinction between popular and extrovert. I know some extroverts who seemingly keep to themselves and some introverts who socialize a ton. I find that I tend to like hanging around the less popular people the most because we can hang for extended periods of time and I'm not afraid of them. It's just comfortable.

Anyways, I don't know what all this means. I'm just thinking and expressing myself.

 

[Winds of Thor]

This blog is interesting. I have lots of friends but a lot of my friends, me included, are rather 'low-key', not the life of the party. A friend from work was talking to me tonight at a restaurant..I did a project for him so we were already acquainted..a really funny, intellectual, kind guy..after about 45 minutes of chatting I felt myself starting to get a little tired from the talking. It's just hard sometimes. I went home. Usually that's how it goes with me. And if a group of friends want to go out, I'll go, but I usually find myself feeling socially worn-out before most everyone.

 

[Giggly]

Ahh. Thanks for commenting. Interesting.

I don't really get worn out fast with one on one interaction unless i don't feel "safe" around that person.

In groups I definitely get tired quickly which is confusing to both me and them.

 

[SD45T-2]

I don't think I've ever been particularly popular.

 

[Giggly]

I don't think I've ever been particularly popular.

Good!