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Old May 03, 2013, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by granite1 View Post
so i am going to a all day scrapbooking thing tomorrow so i have to decide what i am bringing to work on and print out pic today. it should be fun.

strange thing happened yesterday. i was talking to the person i know who works at my favorite scrapbooking store. she is the one who runs all the classes i go to . anyway i was at a class yesterday and we were talking about stamps and stuff. i said i was going to this stamp show that is going on next saturday. she said she wanted to go also and said that we should meet up and go together .. i know this sounds so childish and all but I'm scared. i don't do going out and about with others well as you all know. i guess you could say that i am OK and we are kind of friends with in the boundaries of the store and the classes i take and the gatherings i attend at the store like the one tomorrow.i am confident in my crafting and am terrified she will see me as very different in the world outside of the store. with just the two of us hanging out. i don't do friends well at all. i have had the same few friends for a long time. most new friends i tend to just push away after a while. i don't want to have this happen with this person. i enjoy the time i spend with her in the classes she runs and at the functions we attend at the store.i am also in this group of her friends that get together once a month to trade artist trading cards and we have a great time. but it is all in the confines of the store and crafting. i don't do friends well and am scared ill destroy the friendship as it is if she gets to know me better . stupid i know.and i need to grow up.it sounds all kinds of high schoolish but I'm scared.
((( granite )))

That's not stupid or childish at all. I totally understand how risking taking the relationship out of the safety of its current boundaries is scary. I can see myself thinking - it's good just the way it is, why risk ruining it? But then again, there's the other side of the equation - perhaps I can get more enjoyment and rewards from developing this relationship further.

It IS scary. It may very well be worth the risk, but you won't know unless you try.

The all day event sounds awesome! Hope you have a great time!
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