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  1. Katarina

    Katarina Heather's Team

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    Is your personality different in real life than it is online? How so?
     
  2. Angie4b1g

    Angie4b1g A hundred jobs but Bob Villa ain't one

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    Nope, I'm equally obnoxious both places. :giggle
     
  3. HeatherB

    HeatherB Ain't nothin wrong with a few dust bunnies!

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    Hmm...good question. I think I'm much more outgoing online, IRL I'm kind of shy. I think there is more freedom with an online community. Also, you get plenty of time to come up with that witty comeback! ;)
     
  4. kim21673

    kim21673 I'm slowly getting there!

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    I am just the opposite.....I can be really a loud, obnoxious and highly sarcastic person! But I tend to be shy online. Once I feel really comfortable around a group of people though it's look out! My hubby still hates when my family gets together.

    But....I am a drama-free person both online and IRL!!!
     
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  5. Tronesia

    Tronesia Tronesia

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    Online- I am pretty quiet & takes me time to warm to just talk (or type..lol). IRL - It still takes me time to warm up to a person, but I will talk a bit more ...depending on who I am around. I do notice that when I post or type out my thought, I tend to re-think what I am about to say before I send the response, whereas IRL I just say what I am thinking (sometimes it comes out the wrong way).
     
  6. amko22

    amko22 Active Member

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    I'm shy and quiet for both. Although I can be kind of wild when I'm around people I'm really close to. :)
     
  7. Katarina

    Katarina Heather's Team

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    I have anxiety disorder, so online, I'm much more outgoing! IRL, I need time to warm up to people before talking to them. Once I am comfortable enough to start talking, you can't shut me up, though! :p

    {beware: I'm getting comfy here at TLP. ;) }
     
  8. nativescrapper

    nativescrapper nativescrapper

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    I wouldnt say I was really shy, but Im not really talkative like my other siblings. They can talk and talk and talk. But I laugh louder than all of them. They say I laugh alot :) Im guess im in the middle somewhere.
     
  9. alb52

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    :gigglep gooooooood question....
     
  10. sarahbhb

    sarahbhb Happy Anniversary babe! Now, pack up!

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    IRL I'm much more comfortable around small groups of people than large ones...I can talk your ear off...but if there are too many people I tend to be very reserved and not talk too much, unless I know everyone really well, such as when I'm with my family. I also avoid drama...I have no use for it and it stresses me out. Actually these probably describes me online too...I was really quiet when I first started coming to TLP, but as I got on some CTs here, and got more comfortable with all the people in the forums, I find I talk a lot more.
     
  11. groenhop

    groenhop Takes advice from 3 year olds.

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    I'm more reserved online then in real life. Most of what I say is very sarcastic and second guess my responses online all the time. It's hard to get the right "tone" across here.
     
  12. dotcomkari

    dotcomkari The Deaf Superstar

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    I am more out going and talkative online...in real life I can be prettynquite
     
  13. amandac

    amandac Read, or Run? Hmmm ...

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    I'm really shy IRL .... painfully so ... but here I can jump in and have conversations with people that I would never attempt to IRL .. once you get to know me though that all changes and I'm not shy anymore but Kaye could tell you more about there LOL
     
  14. mrsski07

    mrsski07 Hot for Harlequin

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    I'm pretty outgoing and talkative both online and IRL. I might be slightly less sarcastic online because sometimes it comes across the wrong way.
     
  15. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    I'm pretty much the same online as in real life I think. Just, IRL I'd never talk to this many people in one day ever just because I work all day and don't talk to too many people at work and then I'm at home with my kids most of the time. We get together with friends on the weekends too, but not this many! LOL! :)

    I love that we can check in with what's going on in life without the phone calls. I know more about my online friends than some of my real life friends... isn't that sad? :giggle
     
  16. twomoredays

    twomoredays Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand

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    I think I'm a little more outgoing online, but only because I get a little more time to think and I don't feel like I have to come up with a response when I don't have one. I think it also helps that I get to talk about what excites me online, whereas I may only occasionally get to do so in real life.

    I am however, making a point to strive to be as authentic online as I can. It would so easy to be my best self only, but I don't want the Internet to be a place where I go play imaginary perfect life, I just want it to be another creative and social outlet.
     
  17. gracielou

    gracielou Well-Known Member

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    This is definitely me too!!
     
  18. Nikki Epperson

    Nikki Epperson I'm really a spy.

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    I'm more outgoing online, but still quiet most of the time. :)
     
  19. mirjam

    mirjam mirjam

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    I am with Shannon! I love to joke and play with words!
     
  20. melrio

    melrio I will hunt you!

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    I'm more outgoing IRL and more bashful and shy online. (Yea....I know.....total opposite of most people.)
     

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