CinemaBabe Meet Alexander Graham Bell
May. 23rd, 2007 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cinema_babeI've half joked about being rather social phobic. As much as I like socializing I'm always terrified that I'm going open my mouth or trip on my own feet or somehow perform a gigantic
Social Faux Pas.
In my 40some years I've gotten pretty good at coping with this and it's not nearly as bad as it used to be (most of the time.) However there is one place where it does persist.
I rarely call someone unbidden.
I think about it but I'm always afraid that I'll be calling at a bad time (I have *no* idea what normal daily life timetables are,) or that they aren't in the mood to talk (or I guess more specifically that they don't want to talk to me.) Hell, I'm not even really sure I know how long to talk on the phone when saying "Hi"
One of the reasons I was so thrilled to be introduced to email in the 90s is because it became, for me, a great replacement for all of those phone calls I was too timid to make. It's allowed me to keep in better touch with people.
To the friend who recently said to me "you know you can call if you want to talk." I wanted to, and maybe some day I will.
To anyone else who ever wonders why I never call, now you know.
BTW: If you call me, I'll talk for as long as you want. I actually like getting phone calls, it's just making them that can be a bit freaky for me. Yeah, I'm a bit neurotic. It's a good thing I'm so cute.
Social Faux Pas.
In my 40some years I've gotten pretty good at coping with this and it's not nearly as bad as it used to be (most of the time.) However there is one place where it does persist.
I rarely call someone unbidden.
I think about it but I'm always afraid that I'll be calling at a bad time (I have *no* idea what normal daily life timetables are,) or that they aren't in the mood to talk (or I guess more specifically that they don't want to talk to me.) Hell, I'm not even really sure I know how long to talk on the phone when saying "Hi"
One of the reasons I was so thrilled to be introduced to email in the 90s is because it became, for me, a great replacement for all of those phone calls I was too timid to make. It's allowed me to keep in better touch with people.
To the friend who recently said to me "you know you can call if you want to talk." I wanted to, and maybe some day I will.
To anyone else who ever wonders why I never call, now you know.
BTW: If you call me, I'll talk for as long as you want. I actually like getting phone calls, it's just making them that can be a bit freaky for me. Yeah, I'm a bit neurotic. It's a good thing I'm so cute.
