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- You are listening to
living BDSM podcast.

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Kayla Lord's here with a one.

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The only, the, you're a little chipper,

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but also a lot sadistic today.

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John Brownstone. I am like, you're,

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you're a cheerful sadist. <laugh>.

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- Is there any other way to be <laugh>?

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- I mean, you know, if, uh, if

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media would have you believe

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otherwise y'all are all
supposed to be dark,

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maybe slightly demonic brooding.

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- Well, there is, but we
take great joy in what we do.

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<laugh> <laugh>.

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- Well, what can you say to that? <laugh>?

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Uh, do what you love

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and you'll never work a day in your life.

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- Right.

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- That's not at all what
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We've already gone off
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and a minute and whatever.

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Uh, this week what we're here

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to do is answer a question
from a kister who's attending

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in-person kink events

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and trying to be part of the community,

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but struggles to create
connections with other people

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to find a potential partner.

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and in the show notes for this episode.

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Okay. Let's get right into the question.

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- All right. - I've been an
active member of the community

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for about three years, and I've
gone to munches rope classes

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and even Jams a rope free for all.

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Basically, I seem

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to start off overwhelmed
when I get to a munch.

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I sometimes see people I
know from other events,

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but when I try to open up

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and be social, it takes too much time.

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I feel like people have their group

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and end up just joining a group

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and sort of isolating myself
from the rest of the event.

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It seems I may have found
my physical community,

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but when it comes to a
long-term partner, I seem

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to be striking out While it
seems others are getting there,

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any tips on how to properly open up?

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And I think they said meant get close.

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- Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. Hmm.

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I don't, wow. That's,
that's kind of tough.

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- It is. But there's,
there's a line in here

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that stood out to me from everything.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.
And I think this could be

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part of the problem.

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- Okay. Um,
- Where was it?

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Um, it takes too much time.

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- Mm. And,

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and see that's something
that you can't get around.

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It's, it's gonna take time. Mm-Hmm.

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- And making friends with adults is one

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of the hardest things we

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- Do as human
- Beings.

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It is. Uh, it's not
like when you were a kid

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and your friend just
happened to be Mm-Hmm.

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<affirmative> in the same
class sitting next to you,

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liked the same color crayon you like,

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- You know?

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Yeah. And, and you know,
I, I go back to something

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somebody told me when I was young.

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you're thinking about a potential
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down the road as part of
the reason for doing this.

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And that's, that's well and good.

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And, you know, it's understandable

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because we all wanna meet
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however it may be.

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you get too focused on finding a partner.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. And,
and you need to let go of that

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and step back and make friends
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. Alright. Mm-Hmm.

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<affirmative> build a,
a, a friend base and,

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and you then from there, you
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- Right. And I, I agree with you.

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I think that there's part of this,

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and how I'm sort of
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of this walking up to a group going,

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okay, I've seen them around.

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This should be fine. I'll
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. And
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where you feel awkward and
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who can just seamlessly
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of us than not <laugh> sure.

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to just have a conversation
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>
with two people to do

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what you call isolating yourself,

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but being with just one
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multiple times at
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the more you either realize
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.
These are not your people.

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group, but that's the person who's happy

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to see you when you show up.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.
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Right. And, and you know what?

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and you know, you spend the time with them

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and you may find out that
they are not your people.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. And that's okay.

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You, you move on and, and
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with the same people
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necessarily doing anything wrong.

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I think the vibe might be
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And maybe it's time to do that
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mingle dance of, okay, not these people,

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but I'll just wander off to this group.

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And I, like, I really
suck at making friends.

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I'm not a, uh, an easily social person

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in person at, at actual events.

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is just being a good listener.

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People really, if they're ready

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to talk, they really want to talk.

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and you know who they're
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And I have been drawn into conversations

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and into groups where people think, like,

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think I'm a great person.

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And I think I said three
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So if you're feeling awkward,

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but there's somebody
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that you're kind of interested in,

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or there's a group where
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of like their vibe, I

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kind of would like to
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>, assuming
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like that can sometimes be hard to read.

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and they're like shielding
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and there's not a seat at the table

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or whatever, you know, maybe don't,

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you know, put yourself there.

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But if there's a seat at a table

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and somebody's having a conversation

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that you're remotely interested in,

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just ask if you can sit there

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and you don't have to do anything else.

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If you'll just listen
sometimes that will get you in

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that's a group you vibe with.

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And you don't actually have
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- True. And you know what,

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I'll let you in on a little secret.

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You know, I have been attending
munches and, and workshops

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and various lifestyle, um,
functions since the mid nineties.

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And there are times I feel awkward.

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- Yeah. I think, I think most of us do.

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I think every once in a while
there's that, that extrovert

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that's also very confident
and they just don't.

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But I think mm-Hmm. <affirmative>
more often than not even

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the extroverts are gonna
have days where like, okay,

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what am I even talking about?

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Does anybody even like me?

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What, what does anything, even me,

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I think we all have those moments.

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Sure. Some of us have
them more often than not.

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Um, some of us just feel like
we're awkward people. <laugh>.

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There's also the thing I've
noticed, um, where it's a,

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there's a word I want,
continuity is not quite the,

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the right word, but where
you see the same people over

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and over again, it's a time thing

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and a sort of a numbers thing.

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I have, you know, come into contact

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with people very infrequently
in our in-person community.

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And yet people are very kind to me.

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Part of it is 'cause they know drop

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browns don't, and they like him.

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to have a comfort level with me.

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talk about, you know,

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ending up joining a group
and sort of isolating.

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But if you join that
group often enough, again,

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if the vibes are right and
they just see you often enough,

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people sort of start to
associate you with these events.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.
And like, oh, you're

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part of our group.

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I don't know much about you,
but sure I'll, you know,

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you're here and I accept you.

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Right. And again, it goes
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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.
Um, the other thing I

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would consider Okay.

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As a way to maybe help
you find people, friends.

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Like, I know you're looking
for a long-term partner,

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but I'm with jb Please, please,

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please start with friendships.

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It's just, I think

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unless you're at an event
where the whole point is

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to meet people Mm-Hmm.

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<affirmative> specifically

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for like the kink or dating scene.

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Just start with friends.

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But what you can do as somebody

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who has been in your
community for three years,

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you're not new anymore.

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You might feel new <laugh>.

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You might not feel like you're in an

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in-row, but you're not new.

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So what you might be able to do,

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depending on your comfort level

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or how brave you're feeling that day,

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is when a new person shows up,

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you go introduce yourself to them.

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If you've gone to an event often enough

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and you're like, I have never
seen this person in my life.

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Go introduce yourself.

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Ask, maybe don't assume, but
just go, Hey, are you new here?

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Is this your first time? And
if they, you know, are willing

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to engage in conversation

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and they're like, yeah,
this is, I'm so nervous,

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I don't know, <laugh>, you
get to be that ambassador

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and you get to strike up the conversation.

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True. True. And it might feel
awkward at first if you're not

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calm, comfortable doing that.

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The more often you do it, the easier ish

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- It becomes like strengthening
your muscle. Yeah.

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- Right. And then you're
seeking people out

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and helping people feel welcome.

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And you might find a friend
group in that Mm-Hmm.

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<affirmative> and all
and you did the thing

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that most newbies desperately need.

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They need somebody to
come talk to them first.

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You know, I think you might
have been better off if maybe

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you had had that
experience in the beginning

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and had people come up
to you often enough,

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consistently enough
that you felt like, Hey,

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this is a person I know we're friendly.

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Even if we're not friends, I
can always go talk to them.

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Right. Right. That's the kind of thing

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that builds those connections.

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And three years Yeah.

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You've definitely got more

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experience maybe than you realize.

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And you can be that
person for somebody new

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and then you may have found a friend.

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Right. Do it often enough.
Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.

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So that's the, that's what
comes to my mind. Yeah. Yeah.

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It's hard for me to answer a question

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like this, me personally.

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'cause I am so socially awkward.

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I am fine ish, uh, with
a camera and a microphone

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and an internet connection,
but a group of people,

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<laugh> whatcha talking about.

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Yeah. But I know the things I appreciate.

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I know the things that I wasn't trying

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to do, but seem to work.

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That listening thing goes
a long, long way. <laugh>,

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- <laugh>,
- You don't even have to know what

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to say if you can get
somebody else talking True.

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And just listen to them
and you learn about them.

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And then you learn, is this
a person I wanna be around

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and people like to be listened to.

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Sure. You know, they like to feel seen.

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And if you can do that for somebody else,

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then you start building that connection.

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True, true. But I think it goes back to,

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to the very be you gotta be patient.

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Yeah. And I know after
three years, you know,

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I think there may,

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I would imagine there are people you know,

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that you've seen often enough.

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Maybe you just don't
categorize them in the

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friend group yet.

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Or the, if you're looking
for a long-term partner,

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you're like, they're not
partner people, that's fine.

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Are they friend people?
Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.

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Can they be people that
you're friendly enough with

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that if you walk into a room, you can,

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you feel comfortable walking

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up and going, Hey, how you doing?

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Hadn't seen you in a while. Mm-Hmm.

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<affirmative>, do you mind if I sit here

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at this table with you?

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Or whatever. Right.

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And that's how those things

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kind of start. Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>,

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- Absolutely.

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- Anything else you would add?
- I think we've

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said all there is to say.

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- Okay.
- All right.

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