Author	Thread: Stuck Up
Admin	Stuck Up Posted : 28 Apr, 2010 06:48 AM In a different post I said "No one really wants to know me because I am too quiet and characterized as stuck-up." What I meant was that a lot of people judge me and label me as stuck-up without making any kind of effort to get to know me because I am quiet. It has taken me a really really long time to be able to accept that I am quiet by nature, and some days I still have a hard time with it. Almost everyone I was friends with in high school said to me (at least once) "You're quiet, but I'm going to change that!" and some friends even take credit for changing me! But every time someone said that it made me feel like there was something wrong with me because I was quiet. Through most of high school I talked as little as possible because I didn't want to say or do anything that would make me look stupid. I have come a long way since then. I met some amazing ladies and made some amazing friends in college that helped me to see that God made me to be quiet - and for a specific reason - and that it is OK to be quiet. If I have something I need to say or that I want to say than I will say it, but I'm not going to speak everything on my mind because that isn't who I am. I know who I am, and who I belong to! I'm not going to change to be someone I'm not just so someone will like me, they are going to have to like me for who I am! When I change as a person it will be because my Father is doing a work in me and convicting me of something that needs to change. Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Stuck Up Posted : 29 Apr, 2010 08:28 AM I'm fairly quiet (especially in a group of people I'm not comfortable with), and have also been accused of being stuck up. Once I realized that my quiet personality made other people feel that I thought I was "too good to talk to them", I made a real effort to seem more personable. I think it has worked, and I've become far more comfortable talking to strangers. I've also stretched myself to go do things that are new for me, or do things with people that I don't know well. That has also helped me to be more approachable. I try to remember that if I want other people to be friendly to me, I need to be friendly in return, and maybe even be friendly first! I don't think that being quiet or shy is necessarily a bad thing. People have also told me that I'm really easy to talk to because I'm a good listener...they didn't seem to find me stuck up! A friend asked me recently "How do you teach college if you are so shy?" I simply told her that it's not that I'm so SHY, I'm just quiet...and I can be loud, talkative, and even a little bossy when needed! Post Reply
View Profile History	Stuck Up Posted : 29 Apr, 2010 08:34 AM :glow: you GO girl! ;) Post Reply

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