Lets be honest here - first impressions of peoples personalities are usually wrong! you find out later that the people you thought might be total gits turn out to be great people you really get on with.

Have you ever made the mistake of snubbing someone at first and then later backtracking to try and be nice again? It can be abit of a tricky situation sometimes.

Could be your boss, colleagues, friends friends etc... :confused:

I know what you mean, but in my experience 9 times out of 10 my 1st impression has stayed the same after getting to know someone, ie some I thought was a git at 1st actually did turn out to be a git.

I remember someone once telling me that your first impression of a stranger will stay with you for some time and that's why it's so important to make a good first impression at your intial meeting (such as an interview etc). Once you get to know them however, it's your last impression of them that counts.

I think i've got more difficult as i've gotten older to be honest. I used to make friends mega easily but now it takes me alot longer to let people in to my "inner circle". I guess its the lack of shared history, what to share, what not to bother sharing that does it and being let down badly by people in the past.

I don't particularly like it - would like some more friends.

I once did an Impression of Elvis when i knew i should have done Tommy Cooper :(

First Impressions are what you judge everyone by..even thou you might get the wrong Impression of them.

I have found my first impressions of people have usually been fairly close to the mark. However I am getting much more open minded as I get older, haven't got the time to ponder over folks, if they turn out to be NMT then it's onto the heap with them.

As Quentin Crisp said - you should regularly weed your social garden -

Like others have said above, I like to think my first impressions of people usually prove to be correct. I tend to go by my instincts and they're usually reliable.

On a couple of occasions though, I've been proved very wrong, and have ended up being good friends with a person I originally disliked on sight.

In particular, there was one girl at school who I'd heartily disliked for a couple of years. She seemed to dislike me a lot as well! Then one day she really annoyed me (she'd been trying to stir things between my best friend and me), and we had a blazing row at the beginning of a geography class!

Funnily enough, from then on, we became good friends....:loopy: :confused:

I have no idea how that came about - maybe something to do with mutual respect having been created? I don't know. Anyway, she became one of my closest friends and we even stayed in touch after leaving school. Funny old world.....

StarSparkle

My first impressions of people have been spot on every time. Perhaps it is a weird knack I have? If I see someone as a total hole then they usually are, and if I see someone as great fun then that is usually the case. But first impressions are not based on one or two aspects of a person and that makes it a little more complicated. Its a bit like reading someones body language.

There have been the odd occassion when I know someone is not what they appear to be but have gone against my intincts so as not to upset people I care about, only I should have stuck with those impressions cos they were invariably spot on.

I will be wrong some day but so far - 100% accuracy.

Dragon

I'm pretty much spot on with my first impressions, but I don't always give the best first impressions.

The first things my girlfriend ever heard me say were "Does she have big boobs?" and "is she fit?". I can't believe she'd have ever thought I was worth the time of day, but we've been together for over 6 months now, and best friends for nearly a year. I still have trouble believing it, but I just knew from the minute I set eyes on her she was the one for me.

I'm rarely wrong on first impressions, but then I always tend to think the best of people when we first meet, although if I'm feeling a little uneasy then it normally turns out to have some basis!