Are You The Shy and Quiet One or The Loud and Outgoing One?

Shy Monkey -  Cute shy monkey hiding behind a tree
@devideddi (1435)
United States
January 30, 2007 10:22pm CST
As for me, growing up deffinatly quiet and shy. Terribly shy!! I'm over it now. Well mostly. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle.
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I'm like you. I was quiet in my younger years probably until about 23 and the job I was at I got over it I guess. Came out of my shell and well I'm not loud person. I guess I'm like you somewhere in the middle. If it is a big group of people and I don't know them I will slip into the quiet mode.
@123456_ (1052)
• Philippines
31 Jan 07
we are quite opposite. i am the loud and outgoing one. most of the time i turn guys off that is the problem. really. i hope youll be able to outgrow your shyness. goodluck. there's nothing to be shy coz you are pretty. all right? take care a lot pal!
@msqtech (15074)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I am shy like a freight train is quiet
@mjgarcia (725)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I was extremely shy as a child. I've outgrown it some but I'm still referred to as quiet. But believe me, if I'm comfortable and know the people around me - I'm not that quiet. :)
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
I'm always the quiet, laid-back one on our group. Sometimes my friends even call me grumpy because I don't instatly react to things that I am not familiar of, or sometimes I just observe them and think of what my initial approach would be. I've put in to mind to always think, observe and calculate first before I venture onto something, maybe a very different type of a quiet person, but not shy!;)
@sylvrrain (659)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I guess I would have to say I am somewhere in the middle too. Some days I am quiet and kind of shy. Other days, I am the outgoing person and can get loud. I suppose it depends on the mood I am in. I love to laugh, so I suppose that helps me get a little loud.
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
21 Feb 07
well, I am definitely not shy and quiet, but I don't think I am loud. I am definitely outgoing, but in a quiet kind of way. Does that make any sense? I enjoy meeting new people and will speak readily with others but I am not one of those that have to be the 'life of the party.'
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
4 Feb 07
I was known as the shy and queit it one growing up. I am now known as the loud one. My how things change when we grow older.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
21 Feb 07
when I was younger I was like you shy and quiet. Know I don't care I am me and I say what I have to say if no one like me then ok whatever.
• United States
6 Feb 07
I am not shy, not quiet but that does not mean I am loud. I am outgoing and have been that way all my life.
@blindedfox (3315)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
Well, I think I am somewhere in the middle of those two (maybe a bit more inclined towards the shy and quiet type). There are times when I am quiet most of the time, yet there are times when I am really outspoken and blunt. =)
• Australia
4 Feb 07
Hi all , I can be shy towards people I do not know very well and fairly outing towards people I do know !!!!
• Malaysia
6 Feb 07
i'm the loud and outgoing one... haha.. it's okay for you to be shy and quiet.. don't be down.. :)
@mlotboy (293)
• India
4 Feb 07
In orter tobe special it is necessary that a shy person feels so securet that he reveals his true self and makes cynical comments about himsaelf with the confidence of someone who has rehearsed the words before he says them The shy are excused from bringing flowers or presents on St Valentine's day. It is enough for them to show up.
@mlotboy (293)
• India
4 Feb 07
It is the shy,the really shy,whom i admired. They do not impose force on others;when they speak it is generally because they have something important to say. They listen to our stories patiently and it's on their shiulders thatwe cry. Normally, they are wise because they spent more time looking at what is going on a around them-and manage to do so without anyone noticing. But, above all, they have a smile that extroverts generally don't. it is not common and, there fore, is more amusing-it begins at a corner of the mouth and becomes a smile a little bit at a time.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
3 Feb 07
When I was growing up I too was shy, but as you can see I outgrew it. When I first meet someone Im a little quite untill I get to know you. Then Im comfortable.
@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
4 Feb 07
I still am shy. To the point where I went 17 years without a relationship. I'm lucky I have my girlfriend now and she took the initiative. I'm 50 so I don't think I'll ever change.
@katan22 (325)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
For me, I think my personality depends on who I am with. If I am with my friends, I am very sociable and out going. I am even the one who asks them out to go to the mall or watch a movie but if I am with someone that I don't know, I cvery quiet and speaks only when spoken to.
@malini4u (896)
• India
4 Feb 07
yes am like u..am quite shy and reserved...only with strangers...
@ginny36 (266)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I'm somewhere in the middle. Put me with a group of my closest friends or family, and in the right mood I'm the social organizer or the life of the party. I love taking silly life events and turning them into stories for the entertainment of the people I know well. At work, I can also be a leader, run meetings, and give presentations and be quite comfortable the whole time. But if I end up in a crowded environment with people I don't know well, like a large party or networking event for work, I become shy. I'm not good at "breaking the ice" in these kind of situations and prefer to sit on the sidelines with the other shy types rather than walk around meeting and greeting or throwing myself into the mix.