I don't do so well in group situations, either. I can talk to people one-on-one, but in a group setting, forget it. Doesn't necessarily matter how well I know the other people in the group either.

Maybe you other introverts out there can identify with this, but I think sometimes that most people are really just crappy at communicating. I don't think it really occurs to extroverts that there's nothing wrong with us introverts; we're not quiet because we are standoffish or because we have nothing to contribute. I find that a lot of people like to just talk about nothing, or that they like to interrupt each other. I worked in an office like that, and I felt really uncomfortable. I was probably the only person in that office that didn't play golf, and guess what they talked about all the time? And, when I found a way to actually say something, they looked at me as if to say, "It speaks!" Well, yeah, I do, when there is a subject that I am interested in or actually know something about. I know it is just the way that I am wired, but I wonder sometimes if extroverts realize that they alienate us introverts with some of their behaviors?