I’ve been meeting a lot of new people lately, and it’s so… refreshing. I feel like I’m in University all over again, but with more freedom than I did when I was actually in University. It’s pretty freeing to be able to talk about anything and everything with people who have no reason to judge you based on your past, because they simply don’t know it. There’s something about making new friends that’s so great, sort of like starting a new relationship; when you still have the chance to shape it into whatever you want.
When I was younger, I never really paid attention to how my actions in-the-right-now would affect my relationship with people in the long-run. For the most part, I had the tendency to choose ((what I thought to be)) romance over friendship. There, I said it. Remember all those posts where I wondered why I didn’t have any girl friends. After the last year and a half I’ve certainly realised how stupid I actually was ((instead of being ’smart’ like I thought I was)) for never trying hard enough.
You learn a lot about yourself when you meet new people who are genuinely interested in learning about you. The stories you tell and how you tell them, can show you a lot about yourself that you wouldn’t really learn otherwise. The things I’m learning about myself are definitely things I never imagined I’d be described as, yet I haven’t been disappointed yet ((Thank goodness!)). Of course, there are some things that I know I need to work on but, at least I know.
Speaking of people surprising me; it’s wonderful when you find people who are in the same ‘place’ in their life as you and you can share things that you wouldn’t be able to share with anyone else. I’m excited about enjoying people’s company without thinking I’m in love with them. Not that this has been a problem in the past with girlfriends but rather that I tended to only have male friends and boyfriends so it was hard to see that line between just genuinely enjoying someone’s company, and being in love with them.
Someone once told me that they loved this age ((I’m 28)), and I’m honestly beginning to believe them.
How do you feel about meeting/learning new people?
p.s. Happy Friday the 13th ((my favourite day of any year))!
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So you want to know more about me? Aside from "fragileheart", I'm also known as Reg, or Reggy. I'm Canadian by passport, and Filipino-Chinese by blood but I've always felt a person of the world. With 28 years of 'life' under my belt, I know better than to think that I know everything there is to know in the world - but I still have my opinions.
Meeting new people is always interesting. I mean, at the worst of times your mind start playing all these games. What will they think of me? What image am I projecting? Am I projecting what I want people to see? Am I making the right impression?
And so on, ad nauseum.
I think you touched on something interesting. As much as other people are learning about you on these first encounters, often you also end up learning something new about yourself. Maybe you end up acting some way or doing something that you normally wouldn’t do. Meeting new people gives you an opportunity to step outside of your comfort zone.
(It was nice meeting you, by the way)