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ella asked in Social SciencePsychology · 8 months ago

Has anyone here experienced this before?

Soo, people/peers that initially show potential to become friends end up ghosting and ignoring me. The irony is that I tend to be on the shy side, and am not a real risk-taker. I try to pay attention to social cues as best I can, and when I feel someone is reciprocating interest socially, I try showing that I'm keeping that interest and friendliness without disturbing them. But usually I end up being ignored by them for life. It feels as though I'm angering and triggering them by saying things just once- let's say, for example, we're bonding over a mutual interest in our conversations and I add in a low-key mention of "let me know if you'd be interested in joining me to do x and y sometime". There's the ones who ignore me for life, and there's a smaller amount of those who start to act mildly friendly again after some time has passed, just as long as I keep a distance in a social sense.

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  • 8 months ago

    Yes it happened many times.

    Just let it go and move on.

  • Dv8s
    Lv 7
    8 months ago

    Perhaps try to get to know the person a bit better before suggesting to hook up.  What you are doing makes you sound desperate, like too much too soon.  Once you get to know them better and they know something about you, then you may ask if they would like to meet.

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