Thanks, I very well may. If I'm missing them, then I may not know what it is I'm missing! I certainly feel like I'm missing something, used to feel like when I went into a social situation that there were landmines all around that other people walked around and I didn't see.

I think I now have the capacity to begin picking some up. But there's a lot of catching up to do, so if anybody is willing to help "clue me in", I'm able to get over feeling embarrassed about my deficiencies and would be grateful for the help.

I'm also thinking I understand that lots of people who consider themselves my friends wouldn't want to tell me, for fear of embarrassing me, or also because who wants to be associated with a social idiot? It reflects on them -- so, if somebody is a friend, people tend to just ignore their ignorance. Well, I guess I do that a lot, too.

Here in the anonymity of PC calling people on their faux pas might work, though, if the person has said that they want that.

Does that make sense? Again, thanks for asking.