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Originally Posted by will19
I smiled a lot because I was happy to be there.
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Yes. I smile when there is specifically something to smile about and have no trouble with this. It isn't forced at all. And it isn't fake. But sometimes I wonder if my difficulty making friends has to do with my looking so sad or angy when I'm not smiling; maybe people think my smiles are fake because of this.
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I guess there are certain settings where I feel like the best of me cannot come out. Being in a group (clique) setting is very off putting for me; so it's difficult to fake being happy. The church I go to is very much like that. And so at times the pool area at where I live can be like that also. There had been times when I'd sit in the hot tub, trying to relax, that the other people being there would get on my nerves. They are either in groups or in pairs; and they would totally ignore me. In situations like that I would feel like I'm ready to cry.
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I live in Texas, and most people here are very friendly towards strangers and would never ignore someone like you describe above at the pool. It would be considered very rude.
But it's not easy for me to connect beyond that first, small-talky stage with people, and I think a lot of people also find this difficult.
--Ceara1010