A good laugh and something to think about
Question:
Today, I made two interesting experiences: 1) After having answered to her personal ad I got an e-mail from this woman. It read as follows (I’ll sum it up in a few sentences): "Hi, I’m XY from Z. I’m attractive, slim and have a gorgeous body. (This is shlightly changed, she was using more explicit words…)I’m lonely and I wish I had a boyfriend for a romantic relationship or just occasional sex. Please reply by writting a postletter and don’t forget to include 20 bucks. I’ll send you some pictures of me in return. Please understand that I can only reply to you if you send me the money." I actually had a good laugh while reading this. I’m in a good mood these days and therefore I found the whole thing rather amusing. OTOH, it’s quite sad to see that there are people out there who try to take advantage of other’s loneliness and desperation. I wouldn’t be too surprised if there are a few guys who pay her the 20 bucks. As for myself, I took the time to reply to her message and told her (friendly though) to leave me alone… 2)I started a new part-time job in a call-center today. Some of the people there are fun to be with and I get along pretty well with them. There’s also this woman there who seems to be awfully shy (even more than I am). Meeting her has been a very interesting experience. For the first time ever I think that I’ve got an impression of how I might be perceived by other people. The fact that she is so quiet and that she is just observing everyone makes it very, very hard to speak to her. It’s like she has some kind of wall around her. And as this thought crossed my mind, I suddenly remembered that it’s exactly this what teachers and schoolmates used to tell me: "You’re building a wall around yourself". In the past I could never figure out what exactly they meant and I was rather mad at them for telling me this. But now I understand it perfectly. It seems that shyness can easily come across as something intimidating to the person next to you. It makes them uncomfortable. I sure would have liked to talk to that girl (not because I’m attracted to her or something like that) but I felt that it simply wasn’t possible. There was this wall, and speaking from my own experience, she probably even isn’t aware of it. Anyway, it was very interesting to get an outside-view of shyness. Might be useful. Have a nice day! Fred
Response:
its a guy thats running a scam biz off it dude… "Frederic H
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