When you meet someone new, do you usually trust or ignore your initial impression about them?

[dailyoctopus94]

[AmandaYVR]

Something between. I definitely don't ignore it. But it depends how brief the first interaction.

I'm a good judge of character. Very often my impressions of people pan out to be exactly as I anticipated. Many people think I have some sixth sense, or I'm "psychic" interpreting people. It's pretty easy for me, reading people.

But people can have bad days, and better days, and everyone has layers which take time to reveal. So whatever happens, people should have some patience, give people time.

[LilyoftheLake]

I used to ignore it if it was a negative assessment, but I've since learned not to do that :/

[hIopinionated_]

Regardless of whatever I thought, I give everyone a fair chance to prove themselves but it begins at first sayings or doings.


Not to say I’m entitled or anything but if a person wants to know me, they have to know (or in my case won’t even know) when they fuck up after I gave them a clean slate (which is the beginning when I never heard them talk), as a stranger, I will judge them for that forever and I don’t forget



Of course this process is much different online than in person but in the end, it’s all the same. You’re a stranger, I don’t know you, so I won’t assume anything about you. However, as soon as you open your mouth, the judging begins. And that’s not to say be negative or anything, or my intentions are to be this horrible judgy person. At the end of the day all I’m doing is just figuring out the characteristics of this stranger who’s attempting to know me because I refuse to not know everything important there is to know about a person. And what they say will determine how I feel about them regardless if they know it or not, it’s always there


Also, I’m pretty sure everyone does this? or at least every cautious person

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe God warns me cause I have only been wrong about a new person once in my life and I realized my mistake within 40 minutes. I don’t get gut feelings that often but my analytical skills are so good that I can evaluate the moral value of a person with 99% accuracy usually within 20 minutes of talking to them.

[Anonymous]

I'm always on my guard. So it's not that I don't trust them, I don't trust anyone. Trust is earned over time. But they would never know it because I'm cordial to everyone. But anyone that tries to rush our "friendship" will find out very quickly where the line is with me. The term "friend" isn't just a word to me. It's reserved only for those who really earn it. And I will go to the ends of the earth for someone I consider a friend. So it's a two way street with me.

[Guy13]

Go with it BUT 3 meet rule before deciding

[Fudgeinmycreampie]

I usually trust my initial impression

[Anonymous]

trust it! Always trust your gut