Speaking to Certain People

[deprimise]

I'm not sure if comes here but here goes.

I tend to be different around different people. Around my friends I just say and act however I want. Around strangers I can be funny and start up a decent conversation. But around some people I tend to be extremely quiet and almost never talk.
Like I have this group of friends who I would hang out with all the time the first quarter of college. And then I slowly fazed them out and started hanging out with other people. I still hang out with the old group every now and then, but I'm quiet around them. And also, people who I find kinda intimidating. I get really quiet around them, unless they're in my face, in which case, I will get physical if it needs to be.
But yea, anyone else have this? Only being quiet around a certain group of individuals?

 

[ladyforsaken]

Yes. Definitely. It's normal.

 

[defenestrate]

There's nothing unusual about it, everyone needs the opportunity to feel comfortable around people.

 

[Evil_Genius]

Group dynamics. Some people have incredibly forceful personalities and can steal spotlight. On a good day I can attract a LOT of attention and keep it entertained and amused. On a bad day I don't even want to look at another person, let alone interact with them, so I become quiet. On a malicious day I will watch for weakness and flaw and then gently scratch at it.

1 person, 3 different personality types. Normal is such a failed word. Normal applies the peak of a bell curve, which by mathematical necessity, no one can reach.

 

[Sci-Fi]

Yep. When I was a kid I used to be afraid of men, mostly because my father was rarely if ever around so when around my friends fathers I used to be afraid of them. Now I'm not as intimidated being older but there are a few guys that intimidate me. I'm fine around women as long as its for friend purposes being raised by my mother. There are people I can talk to easily and I think they sometimes regret striking up a conversation with me. Just this week I had a few customers that would start a conversation then inch their way towards the door because I just kept talking. I have people tell me that once they get to know me I'm a completely different person, I'm more talkative where I can be shy and introverted.

 

[Naleena]

I'm more quiet in groups. I can talk to anyone one on one.

 

[9006]

How you act round people is based on your personality, I think most people are like this, it's nothing unusual.