First Impressions

You can't really say when a first impression is real or not. There are a lot of factors to consider one of which is your mood or the mood of the other person during the first encounter. Sure, the first impression is important, it gives you a glimpse of what kind of a person they are. However, to actually know and judge someone, you have to spend time with them.

I think that sometimes a first impression is accurate, especially if it is a "gut feeling" not based on anything in particular but just about how you perceive the person in general. However, I also think that sometimes first impressions are not necessarily accurate, especially if they are during a difficult time in a person's life. Therefore, I think it is important to reserve judgment until we can get to know a person better, although we can definitely keep in the back of our minds what our first impression was to see whether or not it was right.

I know that the appearance lasts about thirty seconds. Good looking people do have the advantages. But to you, people's behaviors, they way they talks to people matter in your judgement of first impression. I guess you are a very sensitive person who receive more information from people's words and behaviors than other people. And once the impression is established, it is hard to change it.

First impressions are the most lasting. Because you are never given a second chance to make a first impression. Though some people may be not real in the first impression, something inside can be easily judged from little things.

Well, I think first impression is important too. But I do not really depend on first impression on the issue of judging people. In fact I usually judge people by long-term contact. There is a saying that you can see a horse's power by running a long journey, and you can see a person's mind by a long period. So I think yes, you may give a third chance :)

Yes a lot of people were judged by first impressions. Its true we should never judge them by appearance or how you met the person given by some circumstances. Let's give each other a chance to prove ourselves to be of worth. Because it can also happen to us.

see most people judge other with first impression itself but I feel its very wrong since it takes atleast two to five meetings before we can have some know how of that person.Those who declares a person of such and such type based on first impression are very wrong in a way that we can't judge a person based on first meeting since first impression is merely minute part of his personality and not the whole. So don't judge anyone by first impression ....... Hare Krishna Ganesh

I agree, I try not to judge people based on first impressions because a lot of people, when you first meet them, can appear as ONE way and then you see them again or start to get to know them, and they're not at all like the way you originally thought they were based on that 'first impression'. So I guess sometimes they can be misleading, either in a good way or a bad way. I met up with a friend of a friend, this is my second time meeting him, and he was WAY cooler the second time than the first time - the first time he didn't really say all that much and seemed to come off as a little stuck up/jerk. But now that I've hung out with him again I can't believe I even came to that judgement about him! Agh! I also think that people try to OVER-IMPRESS people too, especially like if you are going out on a date and the guy really likes you so he decides to not really be himself, but be who he thinks YOU want him to be - in which case that is just somewhat annoying and/or sad, but I would probably give him a second chance. 3rd chance? Well...That's up to you.

Hello, I like poeple who are themselfs i don,t go much into impressions as poeple can be fooled by impressions i thibk. I here that alot where i live that first impressions last but i do ask myself who would i try to impress so i just be myself and if they don,t like me one up theres. all the best

Maybe the first impression was the fallacy, and a smoke screen, you would never know until you know that person further more. To some people, first impression might be important, just like job interview. Anyway, I trying to do my best on my first impression to other people I met at the first time. And keep it up for the second and third meeting.

I can't agree with you. The first impression seems to fit always even if it turns out years later. The first impression is more instinctly, the second impression you are more aware of a person and more willing to have a closer look. The way we have that closer look and make up our pic about that person has to do with how we look upon life, what we like to see/discover. I think it's seldom realistic. It's not the person that changes but we who do.

Hello, ladylonewolf2008. I think that most people want to make a first impression to get people to like them. But, some people are genuine. It is really hard to say because that person to me is only showing you maybe one side of themself and later you get to know the other? A third would only solidify in your mind what kind of person he/she really is. Maybe they had a bad day on the first impression, and they had a better day on the second? I am being optamistic, but I may be wrong. I hope that you get a better response than this one. :( Sorry. Have a great day. :) :)

2nd impression is better I guess. it's not really cool to conclude your assessment with the first meet.