Do you sometimes take an instant dislike to someone?  

Yes. I am a fairly good judge of character when it comes to this. To me, there is that dislike of someone simply because they annoy you with their bad habits or lifestyle differences, and then there is that instinctual weariness - that gut warning that something about that person isn't right. It's the latter that I am a better judge of. When discussing the issue, I have been so dead on about my gut instincts, that it's frightened people and they've quit their jobs because they thought I had some psychic sense.

LOL (:

I try not to judge people on first impressions, and hope that people don't judge me on their first impression either. Many years ago I received a cheque for a sizeable sum of money and went to the bank to pay it into my account. At the time I was wearing paint spattered jeans and t shirt, my hair was a mess and I didn't look particularly clean, tidy or respectable. The cashier in the bank was extremely rude to me when I asked to see the manager, seeing me as a disreputable type. Boy was she surprised when, after speaking to the manager briefly, she took my cheque and realised that it was for a large sum on money. Don't judge on first impressions :-D

i instantly dislike a person with bad attitude. those people who think they are more smart than anyone in the room. someone who didnt accept apologies and they only think of what they feel, or people who only think of themselves and dont care if they hurt someone.

I tend to be more open but cautious around ppl. But if given a reason, I see no reason to pretend to like someone if I don't. If I don't like them, I just stay away from them.

~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~

**STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**

I remember several years ago helping to run a training course for the spouses of our employees. One woman, late twenties, skirt like a belt, legs up to THERE, stilettos, bottle blonde and an East End accent came and asked where she should sit. We all jumped to the perhaps obvious conclusions. As the day progressed it became very clear to us all that this woman was far and away the brightest student and was throwing sensible, well considered questions our way. HOWEVER, there are some people who wear a designer label and that is the beginning and end of their sophistication. Perhaps your young lady is one of those. First impressions are sometimes very wrong and can be spot on too.

This has happened this year with my sons second grade teacher. She is so fake and such a suck up to the "high class" parents. We are working class and doing well for ourselves and barely got a minute of her time at the open house before school started. It has just gotten worse during the year. Our son got into trouble for defending himself and his freinds when he threw a third grader in the snow for picking on them and she implied some very negative things about our family. My son says he likes her better than the other second grade teacher so that is why we have not removed him from her class. I can hardly wait for this year to be over!!

Yes- most of my friends will tell you if asked that I remind them of Caroline from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. In one episode a line was used describing Caroline that I had to laugh at because I say the same thing ALL the time. The line was Caroline DON'T like you before she DOES! Yup that is me all the way- I have to feel you out- so I don't like you- until you give me a good reason too.

Now with that being said I want to make it clear that I am a very private and personal person most of the time. So usually I am not looking to make new face to face friends. I have my close knit friendships and I do not have a need for anymore at this time. Plus I am very guarded when it comes to strangers- I like to find out their ulterior motives first- because EVERYONE has an agenda.

Usually first impressions count a lot. Even if there is a saying that you should not judge a book by its cover. I know I should not judge people by first impressions but usually if I don't like a person on the first encounter, I just shut him or her up from my life. I just keep him or her on the peripheral and try to be nice to them but without being too friendly.

I do tend to judge people by first impression and unfortunately my gut is more accurate than my mind. If I had paid attention and trusted my first impressions of many people in my life, I may not have ended up in the troubles they caused for me.

I do believe at times our feelings of others may be right on cue, because they may end up hurting us badly. I think you may be more upset if you allowed some sort of friendship between yourself and someone you have an immediate ill feeling toward; they would be in position to harm you and more than likely will.

There are times that I really can't avoid it. I'm easily peeved by inconsiderate persons and those who take advantage of other people's ignorance or lack of sufficient knowledge for a particular subject, situation or whatever it is. Whenever i meet someone who displayed the above characters, I honestly can't help feeling instant dislike for this person though I know that there's also a possibility that I may misjudged him.