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Originally Posted by jesyka
...Especially if all they say is that it was nice to meet me. Part of me think it’s a polite blow off, but part of me tries to contact them if we had a good conversation. I figure if they didn’t like me that much, they could’ve left sooner. Then I never hear from some of them again or I get the ‘I’m’ busy excuse a few times before giving up.
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"It was nice to meet you" is not a "blow-off" in the sense that the other person is hoping they never see you again. They are just saying it was pleasant having crossed paths with you; you may have added to their total life experience in some way.
It is not passing judgment on who you are. It could be said to a dog or a king. It IS acknowledging that you only met, and it was nice. It says nothing about the future.
Really it is just something people say as a goodbye salutation, the opposite of hello how are you. They might even say it like in a wedding receiving line, say if you have never met the groom's parents before.
Also, there are joke threads on this site. You might want to post jokes here. Sending a joke and expecting a response when there is an outstanding request, or a recently rejected request, seems passive aggressive to me. Its like you are taunting them saying, "oh c'mon, are you 'too busy' to acknowledge a little joke?" Or like a kid going mom mom mom mom
We have all had to learn these cues the hard way, believe me. There is no easy way. But this site (the people on it) can help you if you let it/them.