Comments on: Social Networking… http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-3048 byjane Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:34:20 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-3048 Chris: I think I need to be more discerning about which ones I go to. To continue your metaphor: if my closest friends are all seafood, then I should probably not go to a freshwater fish convention. Chris: I think I need to be more discerning about which ones I go to. To continue your metaphor: if my closest friends are all seafood, then I should probably not go to a freshwater fish convention.

]]> By: Chris http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 Chris Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:22:49 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-3043 I dread some of these networking events too. A lot of it seems too forced and insincere. But every now and then you make a real connection...someone you really click with, and then it's kind of worth it. A little like dating and fishing, but a whole lot less messy. I usually come away from these things glad that I got up the nerve to go. I dread some of these networking events too. A lot of it seems too forced and insincere. But every now and then you make a real connection…someone you really click with, and then it’s kind of worth it. A little like dating and fishing, but a whole lot less messy. I usually come away from these things glad that I got up the nerve to go.

]]> By: the Mayor http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2815 the Mayor Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:55:10 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2815 I can so relate. Simply Forties: so you are the person who ties up the waitstaff when I am desperate for someone to talk to! It's a given, I'll come away having learned a lot about the waitress and bartender than anything else. I can so relate. Simply Forties: so you are the person who ties up the waitstaff when I am desperate for someone to talk to! It’s a given, I’ll come away having learned a lot about the waitress and bartender than anything else.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 byjane Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:12:54 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2723 Yeah--but I gotta get over it...and myself! Yeah–but I gotta get over it…and myself!

]]> By: Margaret (Nanny Goats) http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 Margaret (Nanny Goats) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:31:47 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2722 Maybe because self-promoting feels too much like desperation and whoring. Of course, I say that like it's a bad thing. Maybe because self-promoting feels too much like desperation and whoring. Of course, I say that like it’s a bad thing.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 byjane Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:44:23 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2699 I'm trying to figure out what about self-promotion so turns me off. 'Cause if I don't, I might as well give up what I'm doing. Maybe that I see people who are doing it as being too needy. And neediness on public view makes me uncomfortable, as in "you're insecurities are showing..." God forbid that my insecurities should show! I’m trying to figure out what about self-promotion so turns me off. ‘Cause if I don’t, I might as well give up what I’m doing.

Maybe that I see people who are doing it as being too needy. And neediness on public view makes me uncomfortable, as in “you’re insecurities are showing…” God forbid that my insecurities should show!

]]> By: Becky Lane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 Becky Lane Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:27:18 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2698 Eeek - my worst nightmare. I suck at both self-promotion and networking. Could it be because we are writers? I much prefer sitting back and observing people, eavesdropping on their conversations, to actually, ugh, interacting with them. Except on-line of course. I'm great at networking in the blogosphere! Eeek – my worst nightmare. I suck at both self-promotion and networking. Could it be because we are writers? I much prefer sitting back and observing people, eavesdropping on their conversations, to actually, ugh, interacting with them. Except on-line of course. I’m great at networking in the blogosphere!

]]> By: SimplyForties http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/03/07/social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 SimplyForties Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:23:26 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=899#comment-2686 I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I'm terrible at those sorts of events too. I have a friend who excels at them and always comes away with 10 or 15 new best friends. I, on the other hand, have usually been busy chatting up a bartender or waitress or, even worse, no one! Don't know why it should be so hard! I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I’m terrible at those sorts of events too. I have a friend who excels at them and always comes away with 10 or 15 new best friends. I, on the other hand, have usually been busy chatting up a bartender or waitress or, even worse, no one! Don’t know why it should be so hard!

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