Originally Posted by
squark
My first instinct is to say that I don't initiate contact with people. I laugh and joke with strangers, and talk to them or just smile or say "hi" far more than many of my friends, even those typing themselves as extroverts. I don't see myself as very sociable at all, and compared to a lot of people, I'm not, but I am friendlier and more sociable objectively than I subjectively feel. I do not go out of my way to talk to people though, and do not seek people out to befriend them. In that, I don't initiate at all.
Romantically, ahhh, if I want something, or someone, and see an opportunity to further myself towards that goal, I take it. I also have some obsessiveness and paranoia issues going on, lol, which is a horrible combination. It means that I can be rather heavy-handed, ha. What I'm beginning to realize is that most people are rather delicate, have a narrow band of real-life experience, and really can't handle very much. Knowing this, means that it's up to me to hold back to what a person can handle, which is different for each person you get to know, and with everyone, I'd better keep my paranoia to myself.