10/27/11

Making Friends is Hard to Do

Since I've moved to Charlottesville it's been really hard to make friends. In San Diego I met people through work and school. Here, I don't go to school and my work isn't very social. And so I haven't really met anyone.

The trouble is, I HAVE met some people that I think I'd be friends with, or read blogs of people that I know I could get along with. Through work and other settings I've chatted with people that are nice, that I know I share interests with. But these are never in situations that I can make more of it than just chatting.

That and I can be painfully shy. I've heard that people sometimes think I'm rude, or snobby, but in fact I just don't know what to say and end up saying nothing at all.

I just wish it was easier to meet people in this town.


In other news, look what I found at Old Navy:
The picture is small, but they are sparkly shoes!

2 comments:

  1. Hey Sarah, First: Sparkly shoes! My daughter always gets them, and I'm always jealous. Love it. Second: I have also found it super hard to make friends in Cville - you would think with the number of transients it would be easier, but most people I know either have enough friends, it seems - all spots taken - or they are only here for a while and then leaving. So, just wanted to offer my sympathy and encouragement. It's easier, I've found, to make friends here through an activity... Cheers!

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  2. I am really shy too and have gotten that rude/snobby label my entire life! It always surprises me. I hear from someone else that a person thinks I'm arrogant, and I'm just like 'what? where did that come from? I've never spoken to that person.' Which I guess is the problem. I also have a friend who thought that I hated her for the first few months that we knew each other. It's so funny how people will interpret just silence and/or a stoic expression.

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