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Originally Posted by golden_eve
So his friends are all very tight with each other. They've welcomed me into their group, but whenever there's a gathering, I've noticed the women kind of stick with each other and don't bother trying to get to know me at all.
They call themselves a "family"... a large family, and a welcoming family at that, but I don't feel that's really the truth.
There's one woman in particular who is very stand off-ish with me, and I cannot figure out what's up or why. I don't know if she simply immediately disliked me because I tried to make conversation with her once at her house. My attempt to talk to her seemed to have flopped and failed miserably. She seemed disinterested. The obvious answer is to keep being friendly and just be myself, but I feel like they're being kind of cliquish. I am not like that at all, so I really don't know what to do or how to handle it? Usually, I have just stuck by my fiance's side the whole time, and every time he has left to go have a cigarette, I follow him because I don't want to be left alone with the women, feeling left out.
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That's tough. I recently had a similar experience with a group of women. But I found just a couple out of the group that I could conversate with. So you can start out with one or two people to talk to. Someone there must have something in common with you. But if you feel awkward, don't show it because that may make them feel uncomfortable. Just keep smiling every time you make an eye contact and remain approachable.