A girl who was called “Over-friendly”

A girl, certainly in her mid-20s, was very talkative rather very expressive. In her teens, she was not like this, she was shy, introvert but Yes, she still expressed through her eyes and expressions. Back then she was called as very shy or introvert girl. She was pissed off by listening to people cribbing about her being so reserved. I am sure you all know how it feels when people around you continuously nag with things like “Oh, she doesn’t talk much” or “She is so rude.”

As this girl grew up, she changed; she started expressing herself. Though she wasn’t confident enough about her talks. She always underestimated herself by thinking that what she talks or says is meaningless. She met different people which changed her. She learned not speaking up about what you actually feel; either you will be seen as too dumb or vulnerable enough to dominate. Although, looking at the positive front her friends, her family made her confident enough to stand up.

As years passed, she understood that holding back your feelings whether positive or negative towards people will not result in anything except anger & regret in her own life. So, she thought it’s better to vent out the feelings because the people she was talking to were her friends, at least she considered them. She was unstoppable then but careful enough not to hurt her closed ones.

Writing is an art just like talking. This girl had so many thoughts going on in her mind but was scared to let them out because she thought she cannot write. And, of course, there were some jerks that wanted to discourage her. Believing too much on these outer elements, she continued living in that assumption. But with moving time and experience, she got to know that for writing, apart from words and vocab what you need is guts!

With every piece of her writing, she gained more confidence in her newly recognized skill as well as her conversations. She opened up a little bit more, smiled a little bit wider to strangers too. Socialising, talking to new people, getting to know them, is what thrilled her. She loved it. After all this, she was labeled...No, not as a shy girl anymore but as “Overfriendly”. She was confused, baffled that why every time people must label her?

Until one day, when she realized that no matter what you do, people will talk about it. So, just get up & move on. Be friendly or over friendly but just be you!