Is socialising a lost art???

I feel like I'm not good at socializing because I took a job where I worked completely alone and then had a baby, and I feel like I'm completely out of practice and I just don't know how to talk to people. I do think a lot of people forgot how to talk to people during covid and it's just never gotten better. Especially kids who were just learning how

It’s funny that I’m just reading this while trying to pass time in a place where I’m surrounded by new people 😄 I don’t have a problem socializing at all, but the issue for me now is that I can’t be bothered trying to figure out who might be willing to engage or not based on body language and all that. I’m just lazy now lol

I find myself not having the mental capacity or energy these days. I love being a social person and social organizer. I think I’ll get back into that more as my baby gets older. It’s weird because as much as I am sorta lonely in the social category right now, I’m also pretty content just tending to my child. Weird I know lol.

@ravan Louisa has learned how to greet others kindly, but she often gets no response when she asks kids to play or introduces herself. I’ve noticed that many kids say they can’t share their names. It’s sad that not many children seem to have learned to socialize, especially since Louisa is the only child in our family. I really want her to make friends. I now wonder if I’m wired to wanna speak to strangers in the park 🤪

Honestly I ran out of energy with people when they take everything to heart and just don’t understand ppl are different cultured with different sayings and probably still meant well

I think lockdown made people a lot more hostile towards one another. Being so afraid of being close to eachother had a lasting effect.

Agreed

I think the ability to interact with strangers —from basic exchanges with service providers, to small talk and beyond— is a learned skill that historically people were forced to learn, just by nature of living in society, even it didn’t come naturally to them. Nowadays people aren’t forced to learn and can exist in society without developing the skill, but it will inevitably be to their detriment when they try to make meaningful connections, especially in adulthood.