When did your social skills BLOOM?

[wonderwort]

At what age did you begin to have the

greatest growth in your social skills?

 

[wonderwort]

I was a socail late bloomer.

In my childhood, teens and early adulthood I was socially awkward,

My social skills began to bloom when I got my job in the hospitality industry.

I was in contact with customers all day......and learned the fine art of small talk and other social skills.

How about u?

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

...II...

thankyou

 

[cityboy-stl]

Still waiting.

 

[BostonPirate]

Everybody has social skills.

Knowing which ones to use when?

That is an ongoing process in an ever changing world.

 

[Geoffboyardee]

High school. Finally getting out of that poor (but nice) Catholic School in 2nd-8th grade and losin' some weight! WOOOO!

 

[jmadaf]

I think guys who have sister's thier social skills advance faster.

 

[quasar]

When I first started work at 19. Being in the entertainment industry I HAD to be sociable. I went from someone who would stay at the back out of the way into someone who was at the front - often leading.

Even now though, if I have a job title behind me, I'm fine. If I have to be myself, I'm crap. It's a self-esteem issue that I've never conquered!

 

[Asenath]

I realized recently that I'm not actually as gregarious as I thought I was. It was just the booze.

 

[GhostMost]

I got a job, that's what happened.

 

[winterknight]

I have serious social anxiety. A lack of social skills comes as part of the parcel. I doubt I'll ever have what most people describe as a "real social life"

 

[geloge]

I Still dont have social skills so I voted + 34

 

[birddog7]

What social skills?!?!

 

[diamondstar]

At the age of seventeen when I started working.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

I have no social skills.

I HATE, and am bored to tears by generalized "How's the Weather" talk type pleasantries.

If I talk to you (in person), be prepared for in depth, personal questions with some meat on them that most people wouldn't dare to ask.

No topic is OFF LIMITS with my close friends (I have very few).

 

[aberro21]

Around 15 when I lost my virginity. Trying to get girls to have sex with me was a good way to hone my social skills. I'm far from a social butterfly though. I have a couple of friends who are really outgoing, very social, tons of friends and I hate them.

 

[BigDestiny]

Still waiting.

I'll wait with you. Don't be offended if I don't talk to you though. That's just how I am.

 

[doctorsun]

Well...I wouldn't say I have social skills at all. I'm quite antisocial. However, it was right around the age of 13 that I grew into the personality that I have now and it was that personality that helped me survive high school. In middle school, I was a total loser and a dork and everyone made fun of me. When I got to eighth grade, though, something changed and I developed the cynicism and sarcastic sense of humor that really worked for me. I started to realize that I saw things differently than the people I was in school with. I wasn't one of them. Knowing and embracing that was what got me through the rest of my adolescence. People actually started to like me more because I could make them laugh. I had always been smart and once they warmed up to me, people saw that and started coming to me for help with their school work. No one ever took the time to get to know me socially, but at least I was able to get through high school without any major social issues.

 

[asu1117]

My social skills were never bad, but I'd say my confidence hit it's current peak at around 20.

 

[JarodA]

They've yet to.