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Do you sometimes avoid people you know, when out ....

I rarely had to avoid people. I'm usually nice to everyone.

If I'm in a hurry they'll know it and give a quick hello. Since I'm a genuine person it's hard for me to be fake if I'm having a bad day, in the city this doesn't happen much to me.

Thread reminds me of the "stop and chat" clip from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f2LJXz-l2k"]Stop and Chat Clip[/ame]
 
/\ I'm same way but am coming out of my shell, everyone's shy to some degree elvin.(*8*)

I learned many people were misunderstanding my shyness for being aloof or jerky. Shy guys like us don't like small talk because we don't know what to talk about and I didn't want to say anything obvious or dumb. Ironically, when I do run into people they're pretty extroverted and nice which puts me at ease and makes me less shy.

Now I can do the stop and chat pretty well if I need to.
 
i almost always go for the "avoid confrontation" and ignore. it's just easier for me to live like that in this world. however if i sense they're trying to ignore me then (depending who it is) i might jump right in their face with my greetings (how dare they actively ignore me)

i'd like to be able to genuinely smile and greet those known and unknown on my daily path but i just don't have that kind of personality and i can't stomach doing it on the fake.
 
If it's someone I dislike or a distant acquintence, I'll avoid them. It saves the awkwardness of walking by each other and pretending like we don't exist or the forced small talk where we have absolutely nothing interesting to say.

If it's a friend, family member, or friendly acquintence, I'll stop and chat. If I'm in a hurry or busy, I'll wave and smile.
 
ERobert! I love your CYE video with the one and only Larry David! I remember that episode as I am a HUGE fan of the show. I almost always agree with Larry.

Thanks for the belly laugh ERobert...your vid was perfect for this topic.
 
I do sometimes. I could easily depress the hell out of someone if I respond honestly to some innocent small talk questions. So instead of going through that, or lying through my teeth, I might just avoid the interaction all together.
 
elly909 said:
I saw two of my neighbors at the large grocery store today and avoided both of them like a gay man avoids Fred Phelps. Why? So what, I have to do a brief stop and chat. The problem is sometimes the chats aren't brief. I wanted to get home and make supper, so I avoided both of them and then almost met them in the parking lot. Close call. Is this neurotic?

Doesn't everyone do this once in awhile?
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Just did it on Sunday. A former co-worker (she quit a couple of yrs ago) now works @ Crate & Barrel. She's cool and there was never any bad blood between us BUT I just didn't feel like saying "hi" and catching up (so as soon as I saw her helping customers, I immediately turned around and left the store). It's not neurotic. It's just being honest with yourself which is a good thing. If I was thoroughly convinced that we could just do a QUICK hi/bye, I would've approached her. However, I don't know her that well AND there's a chance she would've asked me "how's ____ doing?" or "is ____ still working there?" and personally I don't like talking about work on my days off.
 
This reminds me of this one time:

A year ago, I had came into work. I was in a very bad mood for whatever reason. One of my co-workers asked, "Hello, how you doing?"

I said, "Horrible."

She didn't respond and continued to walk by. I was expecting her to ask why.
 
Sadly I don't see anyone randomly in public. Mostly because I'm in a bigger city. It would depend on my mood if I wanted to say hello or not but I usually don't give a fuck and walk with my nose in the air :D
 
Happens to me frequently. I'll be at work and someone that I haven't seen in over 5 years (that I was never very impressed with) will pop up and I'm soon diving around an aisle as if I'm being shot at. And its not necessarily with people that I didn't like; sometimes I have no idea what to say.
I spotted an old babysitter, a few days ago, and wanted to say hello; however, then I asked myself: "What am I going to say to an 85 year old woman that I haven't seen since I was 10???" Plus, I knew I'd probably never see her again and just didn't see a point to bringing someone, that I closed out of my life nearly twelve years ago, into it again.
 
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