[Espy]

Had a friend back in high school who, for the first couple years, seemed to just really dislike me.

I should probably have prefaced that with the fact that high school was where I learned a lot about how to actually talk to strangers. I suppose I might seem relatively outgoing now (moreso in real life), but pre-HS Espy was timid as all fuck. It took me a lot of time to warm up to people, even old friends who I hadn't seen in a while, and I had a huge fear of talking to peers who were just a year or two older than me.

But yeah, uh. So my mode of operation was more or less the two extremes -- usually quiet and shy, and then blunt and kind of...excessive/flamboyant on rare occasions. I think my friend's first impression of me was the excessive/flamboyant side, and, being a really cautious, logical, restrained person, she and I just really started off on the wrong foot.

...And then there are other people who just couldn't deal with the fact that I generally don't mince my words. -shrug-

Seems to always be people who want to find any excuse possible to dislike you.