Tuesday, 10 March 2009

• How do you express affection toward others?

  
  
     

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  For the people I'm really close with I feel comfortable enough to immediately talk with them. I suppose uninhibited talking is my show of true affection. Hmm, I'll make a little chart about my affection rate.
  
  The scale is 1-7 (one the lowest and seven the highest):
  1. Barely talk. You're a complete stranger who I'll probably say no more than "Thanks" to when you hold the door for me.
  2. Quick greeting and very little small talk. Will answer 'yes' or 'no' questions. I'm very nervous at this level and am afraid of how you see me.
  3. Small talk. You can tell it's very forced, but I'm warming up to you really. However, I'll stop when others join in or if it goes past small talk.
  4. Small talk with a large group around. I'm doing the small talk with a group of people around, however, when the conversation moves past the latest movie or how I did on the midterm, I go mum and tight lipped. The group must be people I see on a regular basis.
  5. Talk with a large group around. I'm talking the talk with every one. Nothing major, but past the small talk to mid-level intelligent conversation ("What do you think about this question?", "Do you like the teacher?", etc).
  6. Shaky one-on-one talking. I'll talk to you, but easily shush up when I suddenly feel the pressure of the talking. I'm still kind of tentative around you, but if I can get past this, then we'll end up at number 7.
  7. One-on-one talking. I talk... and I talk... and you can't shut me up. Very few people have this level of eased affection from me. Most people I know are stuck at number 6 and the ones at number 7 are usually sub-leveled.
  
  
  There's my affection scale... I put way to much thought into this...

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