Am I being rude or antisocial?

[SamIAm21]

I don't mind chatting as it passes the time, but am pretty good at feeling people out and "self-aware". If they don't feel like chatting, it's okay with me. Not every likes making small talk. The worst though is when you "chat someone up" to pass the time and they end up giving you their whole life story and talk about personal issues. Acck! Then I think, what have I done!!??

 

[mickeyboat]

THAT WAS ME! I thought you were extremely rude. I was just trying to be friendly and you brushed off every attempt I made to engage you. Rude, rude, rude!



Denae
(last trip to DW was May, 1990)

 

[ead79]

I am typically not the one to start up the conversation when at WDW, but I’ll participate when someone starts one up with me. It can be a nice way to pass time in line.

I do have one story of when this friendly line chat bit me in the rear though. My (then boyfriend now DH) and I were at MNSSHP in 2000. We were waiting in line to ride Pooh, and a family in front of us with two kids started up a conversation. They seemed to be having a good time, and she commented on how expensive it was. I told her that I completely understand—we love WDW, but it certainly isn’t cheap. Then I said it. The simple comment that I wished instantly that I could take back. “I know, it’s a wonderful place, but it practically bankrupts us to come.” Well, her eyes lit up, and she said, “You too! We just declared bankruptcy and used the money to come here. My SIL has a brother that’s a lawyer, and he said you can file bankruptcy every 7 years. That’s what she does, and she uses the money for all sorts of fun trips and stuff. I think that’s what we’re going to do too.” At this point my DH and I are communicating telepathically about just how badly we wish the Pooh line were shorter. They kept going on and on, assuming that I was being literal about the bankruptcy. I wanted to crawl under a rock. We finally got on the ride and DH and I about fell over ourselves trying to get away from them. We spent the rest of our day at the MK trying to avoid them (we did see them from a distance several more times that day).

 

[stemikger]

Originally posted by experiment626
To the OP you really seem to be worried about being antisocial, you use the word and awful lot in your . Subconciously do you want to change that

Wow,

I can't believe the response this post got. I would like to be more outgoing, but at 41 years old, I am who I am. I just don't want to seem rude, especially to someone who is nice. Don't get more wrong I was talking back and being nice, but I just wanted to chill out and take it all in and by talking the whole time I felt I was missing the experience.

Also, there is chatting and then there is the TMI thing and the in-your-face kind of thing and she was more of the in-your-face kind of chatter. Her son who was probably my age was talking to me like I was his long-lost-brother and my tendency was just to back off. But all in all they were nice people probably just very excited to be there.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

DH and I will talk to anybody. We both meet/talk to people all day long in our jobs, plus we live in a friendly city where cashiers chat with you, people smile at each other in elevators, etc. HOWEVER neither of us are long-winded and I think we are both sensitive to when other people do not want to talk. Sometimes I feel like I get cornered by people who are compulsive talkers, and THAT drives me crazy!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Some people seem unable to read the cues of other people. I'm chatty, but I don't think that I give out TMI.

ead79, funny story! I've always wondered how to finance Disney vacations--thanks for the tip!