So long story short - I suffer from social anxiety/depression (which is getting better) and a general lack of social skills.
My DD is in primary 1 now and I don't know any of the other parents and am way too shy/nervous to say hi to anyone other than the odd smile and greeting as I pass by.
But there's this mum who waits for her daughter at the gate closest to my home and any time I pass her by I smile and say hi then carry on walking hoping she doesn't notice I've turned bright red, she seems really lovely too.
Anyway she stopped me yesterday as I was passing and said hi and told me to watch out for lice as they're going about the p1 class that her and my daughter are in. I sort of went on about how much I hate them and how they'd been in my daughters nursery class before we'd moved here and what a nightmare they are, and then forgot the name of the nursery my daughter went to. Spent a few minutes trying to recall it before she suggested the name (not in a mean or condescending way, she really was lovely). Anyway I then went, "I'm sorry I don't know you, I'm pretty pictures" and stuck out my sweaty hand for her to shake! (Is that even normal?!) Anyway she told me her name and then I kind of laughed and went "sorry I'm really awkward in social situations!"
By this point even my complete social ineptness knew how weird I was being. We chatted for a few more seconds and I went to get my daughter, completely cringing at myself.
She's going to think I'm a total nutjob right? ! Wibu to never leave the house again??
Think this was all made a 100x worse by the fact I was standing there really needing a shower (not smelly, had went for one the previous morning but the hot water was on the blink and my hair gets yuck quickly) so i was already feeling a bit embarrassed anyway.
How weird would you find it if someone had done/said that to you? Would you completely avoid them in the future? And should I just stay at home forever now to avoid inflicting my social ineptness on everyone around me??