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Originally Posted by Smileonmyface
Hi Shy Introvert I can relate to pretty much everything you say in this post. I've had similar experiences with meetup groups. At one meetup with a group of moms and their kids at a roller rink i hovered by the group for a while but no one acknowledged me at all and i didn't even make the effort to introduce myself, i just decided to skate with my 2 year old for a while and then we left, never having connected with the group. my whole life has felt like a botched social experiment. i can still hear my mom's voice in my head telling me to call so and so to invite them over and not wanting to do it. and i've always been the initiator. it seems so much easier getting to know people online but i know it's not the same.
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Hi, sorry to hear about your experience with that meetup-
Those other moms were rude! I doubt that they were all shy or anxious! I know how you feel. It almost always seems like I have to be the one to initiate plans with just about everyone!
Now I feel worse than ever as one lady that I hung out with one on one who seemed to be nice and friendly ignored my text from yesterday. WTH? How rude! If she's busy, then she should've just told me that she can't go to the movies then. I won't sit next to her next time unless she asks me to.
I might just drop out of the group as no one really seems to make an effort to say hi to me or talk to me most of the time! This sucks! I feel like such a loser. I try to be nice and friendly, so I don't get why I'm constantly getting rejected most of the time! In the three or four years that I've been going to meetup groups, I've only been able to make three friends, and now I only have one real friend from going to all those groups, ugh!