How often do you meet new people?
By chiyochan
@chiyosan (30183)
Philippines
September 7, 2012 11:35pm CST
I just thought that since i do not work in a very "active" environment where i can meet a lot of people... and i am not the type to always go out and chat or initiate talking to people i am not familiar with... so it is very rare that i get to meet new people in my day to day activities, etc.
The thing is that, i actually want to be able to meet new people, there is just no way i am able to at my current lifestyle. At work, i get to meet people.. and meet their friends but it rarely happens. Usually about 1 or two people in a quarter. hehe or maybe in a year!!! (not unless we have projects that has brought a lot of people together in the company).
Well anyway, do you get to meet a lot of people in your work, or are you the kind who goes out and talks to people and get to be friends with them and you having a lot of different groups of friends that you get to hang out with.
10 responses
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
8 Sep 12
I am a homebody since I was young and the only people I get to associate with were my classmates. As I grew older, it was easier for me to approach a person that i want to be friends with but now that I am just a stay at home mom, meeting new friends is almost impossible. Social Networking sites have somewhat helped in making new friends but I would rather meet people personally.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
Now that we are here at mylot, life is no longer a bore!
Happy myliotting!
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@shello (964)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Sep 12
I often got the chance to meet new people at work. However, very few of them became my friend. Same with you, I don't initiate talking to people whom I don't know or to those who are not close to me. I do talk to my colleagues but only in a very casual and professional manner.I've got friends and they are precious to me.
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
8 Sep 12
thanks shello for your response. =) it was quite a good thing to be able to share this wit mylotters. i think though that there are a lot of us who are like this and who does not seem to be the social butterfly type. ha ha but i do welcome people who wants to be friends.
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
yup, that's right. we ought to be receptive somehow but just keep our guards up when we make friends. sometimes people just do need to be able to know better than always assume people are good as there are many who might have ill intentions - not all of course but it is good to be with people who you can trust.
@shello (964)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Sep 12
Yeah, though we don't initiate conversation or talk much that doesn't mean that we are secluding ourselves not to welcome someone to become our friends. It's just a matter of being choosy and recognizing those people whom we do have the same interests and likes and most specially knowing those people who can be trusted in the long run.
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@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
9 Sep 12
At my current office I meet new people almost every day since the first floor used as a travel agency office. Many people in and out every day, most come to buy tickets and some are freelance employees. I am very happy to meet new people because my social life expand not merely with work mate only.
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
i would love to be able to make friends as well as much as possible. usually it is just about how we are with groups of people and if we are approachable. i would be delighted to have a lot of friends, but i would like to keep closest ones to a minimum.
@Raine38 (12391)
• United States
8 Sep 12
Like you, I also do not have a very active and wide social circle. I also prefer to do stuff at home than go out and have fun, not that I'm not fond of having fun. So like you, my chances of meeting people is very low. Right now, I can meet new people through my husband's colleagues. Whenever they have dinner or lunch meetings, just casual ones and wives or gfs are allowed to be with them, I meet a lot of poeple. Some of them I connect easily and become good friends with; while others do not progress from being acquaintances. And I'm okay with that because I am really a private person and I am not really very outgoing.
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
yup we all have whatever we think is how we are and that sure makes us become the one we truly are when it comes to meeting people. life usually is just like that, but i would be glad to get to know a lot of people, really. hehe it just takes more effort than usual i guess.
@nupur123 (392)
• Hyderabad, India
9 Sep 12
Same is the case with me as after my daughter is born i hardly get time for other things.
I not even get time to call my parents and friends . They always shout im me for this.
But before i use to go out and get along with people .
We use to chat a lot and have parties.
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
when we go through some stage in our lives, we get to be busy, really. and that sure makes us forget to socialize, we hardly have time for other things as we become busy of what we are currently focused on, for most of us social gatherings, being with friends, etc is part of what we initially let go...
@kongno (431)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
i only go out about once or twice a month i usually stay at my home base work, whenever i;m with a lot of people i'm not so comfortable as if i should have to do what i have to do in a flash and go back home immediately... i really love staying at home...
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
hi there kongno! :D thank you for your response to the discussion. =) i am more of such a person too and i just love staying at home most of the time.. but i would not turn down an offer to go out with good friends if i have the chance. sometimes though i just need to kind of meet new people just to have more friends you can be with.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
8 Sep 12
Hi,
You should lots of new people here. In my workplace I start and end the week with the same people but here, it is always someone new from all around. We just don;t know their real identity if we don't really go further than interacting on the discussions and then be off to another one.
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
well that is true that we meet people in mylot, but they are merely people we get to talk with through discussions and nothing more than that - well in my casse because since i have been in the site i have never gained a friend whom i have constantly chatted with, etc. it was purely chitchats about topics, earnings and stuff. i do not even know people';s first names here!
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
8 Sep 12
Being a public servant, it's already a part of my job to meet other people everyday. There are also times that we are being transferred in another place so we are able to meet another group of people. Having to meet different kinds of people everyday can be so much fun but also requires a lot of patience. Happy myLotting chiyosan!
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
8 Sep 12
its great that your work allows you to meet a lot of people. sometimes it really does take a lot of effort to meet people and if your work it is a given, it builds your network and you will never really know when you will be needing that particular person to help you through with something, not necessarily monetary, of some sort. :D i guess though its something about relationships, etc,... sometimes God does let us meet the right people! :D
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
8 Sep 12
thank you shawon too for your response to my discussion. well... it is part of the dilemma i have, i guess as i want to be with groups of people myself, it is just though that sometimes i tend to shy away and not be outgoing as i would wait for people to come to me and be the first to initiate the act of being friends.
@faizans10 (16)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Sep 12
I t depends on the nature of the person whom I meet.I mean by behavior is same to him or her as his behavior.I often try to make new friends mostly in university.
chiyosan you also try to take out some time for your friends.
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