When you meet people do you know if you will like them right away?

@free_man (7330)
United States
February 16, 2010 9:56am CST
When I meet a person I know in a few minutes if I will like to hang out with them or not. This isn't judging them this is called decrement. I have never meet a stranger. When I meet someone we most of the time hit it off right off the bat. But when I meet someone I am on guard. I don't instantly start telling them too much. It is just the way I was brought up. Seems like my intuition is always right. So when you meet someone do you know if you will like them right away? Or do you take chances when your intuition tells you not to? Have you ever met a person you knew right off the bat they weren't what they said?
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
25 Feb 10
Yeah, I usually know if I'll like someone right away. I don't know if it's my intuition exactly...but I just know I won't. I don't exactly avoid them or turn them away or anything...or become suddenly unfriendly. I'm just not enthusiastic. And if I'm right, and I usually am, then eventually they go away because I make no effort to keep them around.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
25 Feb 10
Hi xParanoiax. I don't shun them I just don't have much to say to someone I don't feel comfrotable around. They usually go away on their own. And if they don't I don't give them encouragement to come back either.
@teamrose (1492)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Happily, I'm a good judge of character. I can usually tell right away when I meet someone if we will be compatible. However, just because I don't think I will be fast friends with someone doesn't mean we wont get along. I love people.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Team rose. I too am a good judge of character and like you just cause I may not think that we will get along I don't treat others like I wouldn't like to be treated. I think it is important to treat people with some respect no matter who they are.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Yeah pretty much all of my best friends we were just kind of friends instantly. You can just kind of tell what kind of people are like you because you are generally somewhat attracted to each other in some way. I think that we are oddly drawn to people that with like ideas and hobbies because we probably are somewhat similar in electrical charges. I've met a lot of people at music festivals that I was pretty much instantly friends with and had a lot of common with right off the bat. It's pretty awesome meeting those people because you feel as if they were placed in your life for a reason.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Jambi. It is always nice when you can meet someone that just draws us near. I have met a few people that just instantly made me want to know them. I have also met people that instantly I just wanted an excuse to leave or to get them to leave. I think your right that some people give off the same electrical charge. And I think that is what draws us near.
@verabear (796)
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
I do tend to follow my intuition most of the time but I am quite glad to have my instinct turned over, if you know what I mean. Sometimes when I feel that I won't get along with someone but still give them the benefit of the doubt, I end up finding out that I am more in tune with them that I first thought. So although I may be careful around them, I don't let my first impression rule my entire relationship with them. It is great when they end up to be great people after all.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Verabear. It is nice when they turn out to be more in common with you. But most of the time if I don't listen to my intuition I land up getting hurt in the long run. I will always listen to my intuition. I have seen too much evil in this world not to listen.
@assadi (91)
• India
17 Feb 10
i need to be in their contact for some days.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Assadi and welcome to my lot. Sometimes it takes longer for others to get to know people. I will always follow my intuition.
@Mady2791 (545)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Usually but it may vary of course.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Mady. It usually don't take me long to figure out that who ever I have met is either a good person or someone I really shouldn't trust. My intuition kicks in and I have to take that into reasoning.
• China
17 Feb 10
I once read an article called First Impression which says that we make up our minds about people through unspoken communication with seven seconds of meeting them. Consciously or unconsciously , we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, and bodies. This means that as soon as we meet a stranger, we"ll form an impression about him. This may sounds like weird, but if you take notice when meeting a person for the first time, you"ll probably find that it is reasonable. Whether you like him or dislike him the moment you saw him, you've already got an answer in your mind.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Chenxiaoyue_713. I think the article you read is right. Everyone does this. I really wanted to hear how everyone else thought about this. I like learning and hearing what others have to say.
@shan0822 (433)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi, free_man, I think I didn't judge people right away when I first meet. I really like to take chances and have more time to let myself judge is this person I like to friend with or not. But, if a person did something I really don't like or hate, I just want not be friends with him, and it will take lots of good thing he do to correct what person he is in my head. Anyway, I will give chance to people even when the first met my intuition tell me he is bad.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Shan. I go with my gut feeling it hasn't failed me yet.I haven't met a person that I didn't like right away. I have given many people many chances. But if I get a bad feeling it is usually right.
@kaylachan (58243)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb 10
I can usually tell if I don't like a person or if I do. In a way this is making a judgment call. It could also being called instinct. But a judgment is simply a forumlated opinion about a person, place, or action regardless of how this opinion is formed. For example meeting a person and having the feeling of 'I'd like to get to know them, is forming an opinion to continue a conversation. This is also known as a first impression. However if my first impression has me feeling uneasy then I don't persue a conversation or any type of connection with them.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Kay. You say it in words that make a lot of sense. Thank you. I am not judgmental but when I get these feelings it is usually right. I think it is wise to be cautious of people these days.
@MimiRemo (418)
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
Hi free_man. Yep, mostly I get a good vibe if the person is great to hang out with. Even without knowing we have the same likes and dislikes, we enjoy a conversation. I think it also depends on our impressions. Some people just exude being friendly, approachable, true and down to earth. Some people are also noticeably full of themselves that they choose who to make friends. In either case, I don't give too much information of myself, and what and who I know, unless we're already close.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi MimiRemo. If someone gives off good vibes I will chat with them. You said it in a nut shell. Some people are just plain full of themselves. I never give out too much info about me to people I first meet. After we become real close friends I will tell them what they want to know.
• China
17 Feb 10
I have the same feeling with you.If I meet a person I know in a short time if I'd like to hang out with them.This isn't judgement.I think somepeople when you meet them you can feel maybe they are not friendly with you.but I think we need to be friendly with every friends.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Fairytale. I think if we meet someone and give them a chance who knows they may turn out to be a real buddy. But then we are opening the door to all kinds of possibilities. I am a cautious person when it comes to some people. Wiser to be cautious then to be really hurt in the end. But in every situation we always learn from our mistakes.
• United States
17 Feb 10
I always listen to my intuition, and yes the majority of the times when I meet someone, I know if I like them right away or not. I am like you, I just don't judge people, but I think I know all the time. And I also don't release a lot of information about myself to someone that I just meet. I think it is common sense, you don't know who that person is.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Laura. I think it is a good thing to go with your gut feeling. It has never failed me. I never give out info about me too much to anyone. Except my husband and his mother. It like you said is good common sense to watch what you say and to whom you say it too.
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
its called impression. sometimes we like the person right away because we have a good impression about them. but impression could be tricky sometimes and we should not rely on this in terms of liking people. liking them as it is is not problem but liking them to the point of having a relationship or something like that...you have to know the person very well before giving any trust.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Sassy. I call it intuition and it has never steered me wrong. As far as having a relationship with someone that I have met if I din't like them it won't happen. If for some reason they impressed me then I will invite them into our lives as associates at first. Then if it leads into friendships it is a good thing. But I have met some people that as soon as I met them, I would say no way would I ever want to know this person.I will give you an example. My husband and I was at these friends home. Some other people showed up and the woman was no lady. She embarrassed everyone. She was asked to leave. Loud mouth and every other word out of her mouth was a cuss word.
• South Africa
16 Feb 10
a person attract me in two differents way. first the attraction in most case is physically.this means i have some kind of presentation that i want in people. when i am in front of some one who obviosly got these qualities,i will like him right away.this means at that point a can try to make friend with the person. in fact when i meet a person i can guest whether i could like him or not because of his presentation.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Siankam and welcome to my lot. The physical part of a person isn't what makes me want to know someone. If they are decent people the ones that have a good heart and love the LORD then I want to know them. But I haven't met anyone around here that really speaks about God. And that bothers me. We would like to hang out with people that love the LORD. I take a person at what they are, if they act decent and are clean then that is what makes me want to hang out with them.
• China
17 Feb 10
I once read an article called First Impression which says that we make up our minds about people through unspoken communication with seven seconds of meeting them. Consciously or unconsciously , we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, and bodies. This means that as soon as we meet a stranger, we"ll form an impression about him. This may sounds like weird, but if you take notice when meeting a person for the first time, you"ll probably find that it is reasonable. Whether you like him or dislike him the moment you saw him, you've already got an answer in your mind.
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• China
17 Feb 10
I once read an article called First Impression which says that we make up our minds about people through unspoken communication with seven seconds of meeting them. Consciously or unconsciously , we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, and bodies. This means that as soon as we meet a stranger, we"ll form an impression about him. This may sounds like weird, but if you take notice when meeting a person for the first time, you"ll probably find that it is reasonable. Whether you like him or dislike him the moment you saw him, you've already got an answer in your mind.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi, free_man. I am very sure that I have met someone that I knew that they were not what they were supposed to be. When I first meet someone I don't tell them all of my personal business. I leave some things out that I feel that they should not know about. They love asking, and I love declining telling them too. It has been many times that I would meet someone and I felt like I have known them all my life. But, I still be cautious and never be too open with them. Meeting people can be a mystery and it is best to not be too easy with them. I don't take chances with strangers.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Cream. I think it is a good thing to be cautious with people these days. When I was brought up if someone told you something then it was never spoke of again. Not to a living soul. Met too many people here that I wish I had never had the displeasure of ever knowing. It is hard these days to find someone you can spend time with that isn't in the friendship for something for themselves. When I want to be friends with someone it is because they share the same interest as me.
• India
16 Feb 10
i don't judge people because i don't think that i am the right person who should judge anyone....... therefore i don't know if i will like someone right away... My mom is a psychiatrist and i have read some of her books... so people with normal behavior don't impress me and why would i like someone with abnormal behavior right away..... If someone instantly likes a person he meet that means he is shallow and very gullible....
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Harshrosicky. No it don't mean they are shallowr or gulible. I have met people that I like right away and then I have met people that I dislike right away. To me it isn't judging someone it is decrement. Some People put on different faces when they meet people. God gave us all the ability to have decrement. This is Gods way to tell us that the person we are meeting is a good person or someone we really don't want to know. God is the only judge. God just wants us to be cautious. There is all kinds of evil in this world. And I believe that with decrement we can learn how to avoid being around evil people.
@jugsjugs (12967)
17 Feb 10
I have been a person that never judges anyone until i get time to know them properly.I always give people the benifit of the doubt over what anyone has said about the person aswell.I think that if you talk to a person for long enough then you get to find out all of their good points aswell as their bad points.Until i know them better i would never presume about them at all.
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@1anurag1 (3576)
• India
16 Feb 10
I think it is good if you come to know at the first meet with the person. but i dont think merely by meeting in this way you can understand and get the person. but some time it is good to know about the person as you can be comfortable with him or her or even be cautious.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Ianurag. I do think it is to use caution when meeting people these days. My husbands motto is 9 out of people you meet you really don't want to know. I never have been this way when I lived in LA but since moving I have found it better to believe my husbands way.