met my husband’s friend’s wife for the first time today and I can’t stop overanalyzing the interaction.
She was nice and made effort to ask me questions here and there, but there were also a lot of quiet moments. She was cooking while I was holding their squirmy baby, so the conversation felt kind of broken up and awkward at times.
The thing is, I genuinely wanted to come across warm and social but internally I felt so self conscious. I kept worrying I seemed fake, reserved, or awkward because I couldn’t always think of questions to ask. I also noticed I felt way more comfortable when our husbands were around versus when it was just us talking.
Does anyone else feel this way after social situations? Especially meeting other women for the first time?