Listener or Talker

Are you more comfortable being a listener or a talker when in a group of people?

Im quite shy offline and im much happier being a listener..I dont feel comfortable in groups of people and if I have to be then I usually say very little.
I think it stems from childhood when I would be either ignored or scolded if I spoke much..so hence now I rarely speak up in groups unless its really necessary.
Online is much better as im not face to face with others

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I'm the same Aysa
Quite shy and definitely a listener
I don't talk for the sake of it
I'm comfortable in silence, some of my friends aren't.. and feel like they need to fill every pause with constant babble!!

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Yes Rhian I find silence quite comfortable but I know a lot of people dont like it and find it awkward and will try to fill it ...if I tried to fill it Id definately end up certified or worse as Id just talk utter squit lol

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i can be both ==

more a chatter tho -comming from a large family and being the youngest i needed to be heard lol'

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I'm both Don't like 'crowds' though - just a few for me

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Depending how well I knew someone, I'm usually a good listener

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Hi

With my Ex I was definitely a listener,

I could only get a word when she stopped to draw breath, which wasn't very often.

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I'm like that.

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Ha! She sounds like one of my closest friends
Her husband is half the man he used to be!!

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Lol oh dear SF you shouldve bought some gobstoppers for her and said you wanted her opinion on the what the centre of them tasted like as all of them are different flavours