Do first impressions last?
By Macthedj
@Macthedj (630)
April 2, 2007 4:30pm CST
I have a bad habit and that is I tend to go on first impressions of people, the trouble is very often I am wrong but i find it verty hard to change. I have met people in the past who turned out to be very nice people but because of my intincts i have kept them at arms length, but i have watched these people have flourishing relationships withj other people and become very good friends with other people including friends of my own but i just cannot bring myself to like them also. Dont get me wrong I have taken to some people right away and have made some good frineds but after time I find that they are very bad people and wish that I never developed any friendship with them.
How do you do it, do you judge on first impressions or do you tend to give people more time?
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@LadyLeene (584)
• United States
2 Apr 07
When it came down to a purely survival mode for humans, their first impression of a really loud roar would probably have been that it was some sort of a dangerous predator. In most cases, the humans were probably right if they assumed that beating it the hell out of there would increase their personal safety.
Unless you tend to have unusually poor intuition, then I think that you should consider yourself normal. The bottom line is that people mostly go with first impressions for safety purposes.
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@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
24 Apr 07
it depends if someone done bad things to you and you have no chance of knowing them in the future, first impression last. but then, when you got a chance to know the person done something bad to you, you will realize that they would be or not be as bad as you think. maybe they have been bad for certain circumstances but not all people are that bad most of the time, and not all people that good also. you consider it vice versa.
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
• United States
3 Apr 07
It depends on how I meet them or why i am. If it is a guy who hits on me or gets introduced to me by a friend who wants me to date them, I will usually not base my opinion soley on first impressions. But if it is just a random encounter or not romantically linked, then i do tend to judge on first impression
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