Social Manners

I think I have great social manners. Granted, I could take a class or 2 in dining etiquette. Haha. But I do well social settings. I give firm handshakes and I have been told I'm very approachable. Approachable as in I'm very friendly looking.

I'm very good at introducing people to each other. Almost too good because I often have the bad habit of re-introducing people to each other multiple times. I'm also not very shy about introducing myself to strangers when mutual friends fail to do so in the first place. I do this often because my friends are very bad at introductions. They fail at this a lot. I honestly rather introduce myself than stand around in silence trading awkward glances.

For example, this evening I was seated near a stranger. Someone I have heard about before in passing, but not officially met. I decided to put my hand out and introduced myself to this " friend of a friend ". Then I proceeded to introduce this " friend of a friend " to everyone else seated nearby. I waited a good 20 minutes for the mutual friend to go through the formalities, but he failed to do so. The mutual friend didn't attempt the formalities till the end of the dinner. By then we were able to chuckle that we introduced ourselves to each other at the beginning of the meal already. Haha.

I also think my good social manners make me likeable. I'm usually the friendliest to newcomers of the group. Playing the hostess with the mostest. (Even though I usually judge honey bees harshly for my guy friends. Haha). I tend to be the person people like to chit chat with first or most often. Yay me!

Lesson of the day: never be too shy to pratice good manners. They make any situation more pleasant.


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