Perceptions
Is your perception of yourself the same as the perception others have of you?Examples:
Women complaining that men don't see them for their brains and personalities, yet post provocatively posed photographs as their profile pic.
Men who complain they only attract the gold diggers, perhaps you are giving these women the perception that you are rich – listing those huge incomes, for starters.
Some see themselves to be the center of attention, or the bad boy/girl yet others will see them as annoying attention-seeking pests.
Other side of the coin – those who have a much worse perception of themselves than others have of them, You’re smart, funny, but run yourself down.
How do you see yourself?
How do think others see you?
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I'm pretty sure they and I would obviously disagree.
But I would like a woman to find me if that's ok
Marijuana is sometimes referred to as "hoots." Having a "hoot" is also the same as having a "puff" of marijuana. "Hey, buddy! Do you have any hoots?"
I yam who and what I yam as popeye would say.
OB, If you are a sheep who are the shepherds?
Some people will never think that another's perception of them could be different to their own.
That may be because of over-confidence or under-confidence.
7 minutes ago
Good for you CC, but there are others that do care what people think of them and they tend to change their behaviours to suit what they think others want.
OB, If you are a sheep who are the shepherds?
@ Map what you said in regards to others reminds me of something I read online titled Unconditionaly ME where it spoke about for people not to attempt to change others to fit their requirements of how they should conduct themselves.
It reminded me of how today society is always preaching to people of who they should date,what kind of a vehicle they should drive, what kind of a home, how they should dress,how much they should weigh,how they should live, etc etc.
Is there room on the fence for OB, possibly Wizard?
No, I don't believe most see themselves as others see them...myself included
Sometimes I see a massive difference on self-perception and other-perception. ..staggering!
So your perception of you may not be that different from their perception?
It does seem that via media and in general we are supposed to conform to an ideal personality, be a certain type of person, eat, drink and think someone else's concept of who we should be and how we should act.
This will certainly not help us, we are perceived as being who we are not.
Its evident here on CS that so many people make up a persona that is most likely how they want to be perceived rather than being who they are.
As food for thought ...
I see myself as mature, confident, a bit too quick to give advice without thinking it may not be wanted, occasionally funny, and sometimes quick to take the huff.
By all means weigh in with your perception of me, but bear in mind I will possibly take the huff.
I've met several people off CS and most were exactly as expected but I will say I was completely wrong about the guy from Aberdeen I met for lunch 2 years ago (yikes) and also about Titch, I thought she was a bit precious and a bit full of herself and in reality she was funny and lively and very practical and down-to-earth. So from that point of view my perceptions of people can be completely off.
But you seem to me to be someone who is up for some fun, not totally on a manhunt, has had troubles in the past, is intelligent, independent, and likes a drop of shine.
My mother instilled that in me from the time I was old enough to understand what she was talking about.
To always be the real person of who I am then a carbon copy of someone else.