First Impressions

[Eve]

What do you think about them are they really
important or no big?,and what's the worst first
impressions you ever got?

[Defcon5]

First impressions mean nothing to me. I don't see how you can judge a person totaly just cause it's the first time you've met.

[Kevin]

[size=1][color=green]First impressions are good, but they shouldn't really matter. There are a lot of people that I am friends with now that I didn't like when I first saw/met them. All I have to say is that, don't let first impressions be your guide to how a person is.[/size][/color]

[Sara]

[size=1]This is something my fifth grade teacher said to me:

[b]You never get a second chance to make a first impression.[/b]

(Catchy, no? I wonder where he got that, or if he made it up)

Anyway, he was right. First impressions do count for something. And while it is obviously [i]possible[/i] to work past a poor first impression, the question is--will you have the chance?[/size]

[Semjaza]

First impressions mean nearly [i]everything[/i] to me. There are potentially millions of people I could know or spend time with, in just Chicago alone. If there isn't a good first impression, I generally won't pursue any sort of relationship with you at all. There's always something else to do, and I'm not going to waste my time with someone I think will not turn out to be someone worth the time.

I feel strongly about that for mainly one reason... When I meet someone, I get a feeling about the person. It's generally just a good feeling or a bad feeling. The good feeling is at varying degrees, but if I get a bad feeling it's really strong. I tend to not spend time with these people if I can avoid it, even if every one in the world tells me they are a great person or even their actions say otherwise. It probably sounds crazy, but I do not have one experience in my life where my feeling didn't turn out to be true.

Of course, people will be like "You didn't like him at the start, so you made sure you would never like him." or something to that effect. That's simply not true. I let the relationship go where it wants to. I've even given these people a chance... and even if things were going moderately well for a while, the person winds up betraying me or doing something horrible to a good friend or something equally as bad. My first impression winds up being true... whereas people I felt good about from the start always tend to work out. Sure, there are problems along the way, but it ends up being a decent friendship at the very least.

So really, because of all my experiences with it... I stick with my gut instinct nearly 100% of the time with very, very few exceptions. Maybe someday I'll met someone who will go against it, but it has yet to happen.

So, yes, they mean a lot to me.

Otherwise, for me personally, I have no idea what sort of first impression I give. In person, people tell me I look pissed off a good deal of the time if they don't know me. However, I'm usually very upbeat and personable if the person actually speaks to me.

[NorykoAngelcry]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]Well. . I will be honest here. First impressions don't mean as much to me as most people think they should -_- umm, ya?

Most people try really hard to make a first impression. The problem is, nervousness and anxiety tend to play such a big part in meeting new people, that they tend to only base their idea of the person off that one meeting. It's pretty sad. I think I used to base most of my impressions off the first. . but now, I tend to give people a few chances to get to know. I don't like the idea that if someone tries to hard that it should be held against them. That's all. . *shuts up* [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Alexa]

[size=1]First impressions are important, they determine what people will think of you for a long time. Especially if its applying for something ^^[/size]

[Corey]

First impressions are cr*p.
Most of the time you will get somone trying to act cool or try to act like someone else simply because who they really are isn't the ideal.
I never take first impressions to heart.

[nezzyjean]

First impressions are important, but i sometimes give people acceptions, because sometimes a person will seem very nice and turn out a backstabber, or someone will seem mean...and turn out to be the nicest person in the world.

[Charles]

I think it depends on the situation.

I don't think it's completely fair to judge someone and develop concrete conclusions about them based on just one meeting. You know? Someone might be having a bad day, or be in a bad mood, and that can lead to false impressions. Plus, there's just so much to learn about people, that I doubt you can know who someone [i]really[/i] is, by talking to them just once. Of course you're going to make assumptions, and that can't be controlled. It's human. But, I usually don't write people off based on first impressions.

If I'm meeting someone for business-related purposes, then first impressions mean a lot. You know, they should be neat, and carry themselves well.

But, there are certain things that I can't excuse under any circumstances. If I meet someone and they swear [i]a lot[/i], or they're dirty, or smell bad, then, of course, I won't like them. Those are clues represntative of life habbits.

If you think about it though, most of you can probably look back at your first posts and see that first impressions don't accurately depict who you are overall.

[XeEmO]

Well I guess it depends on who it is. If it's a teacher or something and I don't really like them when I first see them I probably wont like them that much for a while at least. But if it's someone say a classmate and you have to work with them every day it wouldn't be as important because I would get to know them as a person pretty soon.

[Guest Kuwabara]

First impressions are something that can't be avoided, but shouldn't make the difference between not getting to know someone and vice-versa. Yes, first impressions are semi-important if the person you are meeting believes in actually judging the person by their proverbial cover, so to speak. But if the person you meet doesn't care what you look like or how you act originally, then they don't matter at all. I guess it is all depending on who the people are and how they act. Some may like to get a great first impression, others don't care at all. Me, I'm not so much for them. Most people are quite different when you get to know them than when you are first introduced.

[Transtic Nerve]

Telling me first impressions don't matter is a load of croc.

We dress good for an interview because they matter.
We want to smell good on a date cause they matter.
We make outselves look good when we go out to a crowded place because they matter.
We talk differently or act very vague because they matter.

We don't go to a job interview half naked.
We don't smell like you just got out of the locker room on the first date
When you go to the mall or out to eat, you want to look good.
You don't act all jumpy and jump right into specific subjects when you first meet someone, you act vague to get to know them and their interests.

First impressions matter in this world. They always will. Your whole reputation will always be judged by your first impression you put on someone.