People -I Get 'Em....

Sizing People Up

Sooo, I'm pretty good at telling if I'm going to get a long with someone or not. I am a good judge of how people are perceiving me through their facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, etc. With that said, it usually takes a few meetings, because (and this is the reason why I hate dating) people don't act like themselves. They act like who they think you want them to be.

Now, what sucks is, I know a few people who aren't so god at this. They never know when they've gone too far or when they're intruding or imposing. These are the same people who don't understand why they didn't get a promotion or "the girl" or didn't see "the breakup" coming!

Books

If you don't know how to read people, pick up and book and READ about READING people! My favorites are: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps, What Every Body is Saying, and Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes. I don't really recommend Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. I kind of knew most of the stuff in there, but if you're ignorant to most, then maybe it'd be a good start. I also loved The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-Up Artists. Obviously is was about picking women up, but it was very interesting, informative, and intriguing.

School

I also know a lot because of psychology and sociology classes. If you're in school and you need some random classes to stack the credits take some classes in those fields. I also LOVED my criminology class as well because we learned a lot about who would commit a a crime and why and it dealt a lot with human behavior as well -just in reference to crime!

Shows

I'm also big into the show Lie to Me as well. It's very informative.

Interviewing

If all else fails, do what I do -TALK TO PEOPLE! Ask questions! I have been in the sex-questions-stint with my friends. Male or female, young and old, sex questions. Have you done, why won't you, would you, have you been asked, it is normal....I've asked past boyfriends, friends, acquaintances, you name it! Not only is it bringing my friends and I closer, but I'm learning so much more from everyone's different perspectives.


The more you know about people and how they work the easier it will be to deal with them. Although, there are a few people, with all of my learning and wisdom, who I canNOT figure out for the life of me. I don't get them and I do not know why they do what they do or how....ugh. It's enough to make me crazy. But I still consider it a learning experience.