I thought you were...

Have you ever met someone and then after getting to know them better they say something like, "When I first met you I thought you were..."? Now, I'm not sure if this is good or bad but I seem to have this happen more times than not. I've gotten "I thought you were stuck up", "I thought you were one of THOSE people", "I thought you were a flirt", "I thought you were a flake".  I guess this is meant to make me feel better????? See, it is most definitely my goal in life to make the worst first impression EVER LOL  Apparently this is one area I'm succeeding in. I am admittedly not the best at relationships but I LOVE people. I'm one of those who has no relational skills but calls themselves a people person :)  Yep, I've had someone say "at first, I thought you were annoying"  as to say "now, you're just slightly annoying"???  hhhmmm  Does everyone do this??? No, just me??? well... ok then :)  At first this made me self-conscious and I tried to back off when meeting someone.... oh, who am I kidding... I've never been able to back off. This is the problem... I can't handle people feeling not liked, alone, awkward... etc.  So what do I do, I place myself in that terribly awkward position of well... being the weird one :)   Can I give some non solicited advice?  well, I'm gonna give it anyway...  don't do this!!!!  Don't set people up... give people a chance before you label them.  If you get to know them passed the "hey, how's it going" stage then by all means... label away :)

Now, if you meet me and assume I'm not a morning person then you are oh so correct my friend :)