Do People Just LIKE You? (page 3)

Balsam

My husband tells me I'm a people magnet, sometimes it can get annoying though and since I've left the JW's I try not to be so open and that has cut down on weirdo's that used to come my way. Personally I don't think it is a good quality to just draw everyone to ourselves. I remember when I was a witness all the dysfuctional ones ended up on my door step. Anyone else have that experience as a JW?

snowbird

I remember when I was a witness all the dysfuctional ones ended up on my door step. Anyone else have that experience as a JW?

*again, raises hand*

Syl

sd-7

I would say probably most people, with the exception of myself, tend to like me. I'm working on liking myself, since exiting the cult and all. The weirdest thing--in high school, most people really, really liked me, but I was a hard-core JW and wanted virtually nothing to do with them! On top of that, I was a very shy person, I mean, VERY shy. But I felt genuinely popular, maybe just by virtue of being so different--couldn't be classed with any group because I was such a lone wolf. (In hindsight, I would probably be very surprised if I found out that maybe a lot of girls secretly liked me but never said anything because I was sooooo quiet and serious. But I think I just so out of touch with reality that I couldn't even tell if a girl liked me anyway.)

I seem to attract strangers who want to strike up conversation, don't know if that means anything. My coworkers all seem to like me. I still wonder if I hurt a lot of good people back at my old congregation by walking away without so much as a goodbye. I just wasn't sure I should tell them...'nother story.

To answer the question directly, sort of, people just like me. If I liked myself, people would like me a lot more. Still working on it...

snowbird

Keep working on it, SD-7.

Keep working.

Syl

nancy drew

no i don't think people like me very well especially after they engage in a few of my weird conversations about the meaning of life I scare them away. I often surprise people because I don't look like I think I'm soft spoken and kind and strangers like little old ladies ask me for help and when I was young men would eventually always say "your not the person I thought you were" except for my over the top husband who found that weird quality to be the attractive part for 25 yrs now.

snowbird

I like you, Nancy Drew.

Syl

John Doe

I'm the kind of person everyone tells their problems to. It gets old.

Balsam

Snowbird & All ,

Weird isn't it about what it was like as a JW? I have to say it is much better today though occasionally some odd balls do show up it is nothing like before. As a witness we felt responsible to anyone who proclaimed they were JW to help them, or least I did, but doay don't think that way. I am much more selective.

Ruth

snowbird

I like you, too, John Doe.

Syl

tec

People like me, but I wouldn't say they gravitate toward me. I'm a nice person, but too quiet for that - at least until I get comfortable with people. My husband on the other hand, is not always so nice, but he is loud, can definitely be in your face, and a lot of fun- so people tend to gravitate toward him.

The funny thing is that he's very private and this annoys the crap out of him.

Tammy

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