I'm with Pablo on this. When I was younger, I was a social freak. Played in a bunch of bands and had friends everywhere and could strike up a conversation with almost anybody immediately based on their non-verbal clues. But something happended along that 50 year journey. People started changing. People seemed WAY friendlier and easier to approach in the 80-90's than now. Maybe it's a generation thing, as I've "aged" out anything past baby boomer. The me generation is just exactly that...me, and don't bother me. This past year or so, I've found that when I've tried to be social, there is absolutely no bio-feedback from others. It's like Pablo said, they get creeped out (and I don't even have a refrigerator full of OIL and even make my own beer....which you would think would be a conversation starter that might end in something like " you wanna come over and try some home brew?"...but it doesn't). So, I've pretty much withdrawn. Even with my 9 year old at PTA's, choir practice, dance recital, etc. etc., there are a very FEW parents that even talk. No, it's not me. I'm a society "normal," where average clothes, shoes, nothing special about my vehicles, don't do the bling thing, not ugly and unassuming. I can remember my father in the 60-70's, he could strike up a conversation with anybody and almost 100% of the time, they'd engage in conversation with him. Just not that way today. Period. There has been a shift....sad but true. Too much media hype and all the bad things that humans can do and thus everyone assumes you're "one" of them? I don't know. I worry for my daughter because she's a social butterfly like her grandfather and father were.
