What are People's First Impression to you? Is it True or Not?

Philippines
July 4, 2012 12:11am CST
Some people said that I'm 'unkind' but NO I'm not. Maybe some said it because it's their first impression I don't blame them, but if they could know me much more better they can tell that their first impression is not true. I am a friendly person, talkative and a good listener and adviser but if I don't know yet the person I may not be such friendly as I am. I just need more time to know the character of a person.
4 responses
4 Jul 12
first impression is always untrue. In my case, I used to be known as unfriendly, quiet and selective in making friends of those who do not know me well. But when they finally saw the real me, they realized that I'm the exact opposite of those traits. I can be with any kind of people, be it poor or rich but yes, somehow they are a little bit right that I am selective in making friends in terms of personalities.
4 Jul 12
yeah they just need to know us better before jumping into any conclusion about our personalities. But that is the word impression means, their opinion on our personalities in first meeting. So we would always get a wrong impression whether we like it or not.
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
We do sometimes be misjudged but after knowing the real you that will just tell themselves that the person that they see in you at the first place was a lot more better if we could just know him much better. I am also selective with my friends, I don't select like this, that, him, her. No.. I do select friends whom I can trust more, that I am comfortable with, with the same likes and dislikes, whom I can agree with in everything.
• Philippines
5 Jul 12
Yes we cannot blame them because it is the usual thing to do when it is the first time to met the person. But their impression in to the person should not be a reason to not be close to them. Sometimes their impression is not good they will say I don't like this person I will talk to him/her. By that how could you know more the person if at the first place you didn't even give a chance to know them.
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
I agree with you in how not to judge everyone by your first impressions. Well for me, they think i was a weirdo because whenever i'm alone, i tend to talk myself. He he he. But after a while, they'll accept me as who i am and regard me as a fun person. I hope they will not judge everyone by the first impressions alone. =D Cheers for a good first impression.
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
Sometimes I do talk to myself, it is just having time with yourself. But then people should accept you for who you are. And sometimes first impressions may be the reason for them to know the person more.
• Philippines
5 Jul 12
I agree with you. It makes them curios to the point that they want to know you more/ :D
@joevanosa (303)
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
thats why when i meet people for the first time, i would be preparing much such as dressing the best way i could. then they would say i am "choosy, "maarte" and "suplado". I do not know why they have said such things. Maybe my face, perhaps? whatever it is, it doesn't matter because they do not know me at all. GOd bless
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
Yeah I got you. Sometimes they based it on the physical appearance. They also told me I'm 'masungit' because of my face but when they could know me better no I'm not. What can I do if that was my face looks like. haha! But inside of me I'm a kind person. That is why they should talk to the person and prove that their first impression was wrong.
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
People tend to judge others just because of what they could feel when they see their physical appearance. Perhaps it's really much easier for us to judge others based on what we can ONLY see at first. We can do this with no effort, in an instant, compared to taking a portion of our time to get to know and understand the way of living of those other people who make such impressions on us. Different people had different impressions about me on first encounters. Some were right, but the others weren't exactly correct. I just shrug some of these off, knowing that someday, they may change their minds on what they first thought of me, especially those who thought not so correctly.
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
Yes, people do judge in physical appearance. But most of the time people can misjudged others by the outside look but inside of them is not yet seen. They can just know more the person if they could be talking to, hanging out with them. If they could just be knowing you more better they will know your true character and change their mind about how they tell your first impression is.