My defense? I learned to lurk at an early age. Hell, at one point I could actually vanish when there was more than three people in a group. Make a lurkerlynne-sized hole in the world and step through; can't bully whatcha can't find.
It got better in college; I stumbled across the local RPG people and got drawn outa my shell. Still a little socially inept, but much better than I used to be. I still chuckle that RPG geeks were my saviors. Lovely people they were.
Yeah, it was my first day and I was looking for someplace to eat lunch and they had a spot. I didn't feel like I was intruding either.
A couple months later, a health class was running an experiment; they'd drop somebody off in a group of strangers, take vitals and come back in two hours. Our lady had her heart rate and blood drop into full-on 'relaxed'.
And there was twelve of us there at the time. The group definately had a 'scramble the eggs and water the soup' mentality. God, the table was three deep sometimes.
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It got better in college; I stumbled across the local RPG people and got drawn outa my shell. Still a little socially inept, but much better than I used to be. I still chuckle that RPG geeks were my saviors. Lovely people they were.
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A couple months later, a health class was running an experiment; they'd drop somebody off in a group of strangers, take vitals and come back in two hours. Our lady had her heart rate and blood drop into full-on 'relaxed'.
And there was twelve of us there at the time. The group definately had a 'scramble the eggs and water the soup' mentality. God, the table was three deep sometimes.
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