Nah, a bit like Niamh. However, a lot of people don't give off their true characters when you first meet them. Most people don't like me when I first meet them as I am really quite shy but I can come over quite stand offish, but once I feel more comfortable I am a joy to be around :laugh:

I try to give most people a chance, particularly if they return the favour

I tend to like everyone and see the best in them initially and I don't think I'm a good judge of character. I've been wrong about people many times and totally misjudged their character. I usually in the end see them for who they are, nice or not nice characters though.

I feel you Niamh :joker:

I think that everyone likes to think of themselves as a good judge of character, personally I think that I can tell if someone is worth my time or not.

i dont have any members on ignore

so i must be terrible at this

yes i usually want to be friends with people who share same humour like i have

Smithy and Marsh I think would be 2 I would chose for you based on that stated criteria

I can usually sniff a liar from a mile away as to be a good liar you have to have a good memory,and most people slip up somewhere along the line,you can kind of tell how people have been brought up by their demeanor and manners (or lack of) I think it's quite easy to pick up on sleazy people , aswell as the big heads who think they know it all,my fave people are the people who don't take life too seriously ,are open minded and compassionate,but have a strong moral compass,so yes I think my judgment of people is fairly good .

I think life teaches you to at least be wary when dealing with new acquaintances. It takes time to build up a profile of what a person is like.

If I don't like you at first, I'm probably never going to like you. But I can't say I'm always 100% right about that, sometimes I'm completely wrong about someone. But not often...

I wouldn't say I have perfect judgement but I know a twat when I see one.

I guess you either take to someone or not.
Sometimes in life some of us like a 'bad boy' to have fun with but would never dream of being real friends with etc.
You learn the hard way who to trust or not as you grow in life, so I suppose we all learn our own judgement of people.

Usually pretty good, like my life doesn't seem to be riddled with drama like a lot of people I know.

Always been good

..:laugh:...yeah I would probably agree with that, TS...

...over-thinking maybe but I don’t generally in ‘good or bad judge of character’...when it comes to an instant or immediate judgement thing...if something about someone’s character when we first meet them doesn’t in some way ‘sit right’, then there is usually some kind of ‘bad association’ we feel when we don’t even realise it...someone or something which has hurt us in the past and there are things about the person that we’re associating and sub consciously pulling from that...which may be completely unfounded because these things can be so minor...anyways, when we have those ‘first imprssions’ of good or positive then the tendency is to focus on the good and positive...so not be ‘looking’ for other stuff more...so thinking we have been a good judge of character..?...and the same with the opposite of maybe a negative experience association..?...so looking (..sub-consciously..)...for the negative stuff...which is always there with everyone if it’s looked for and focused on, if that makes sense...so yeah...we just basically live and learn with everyone in our lives through our experiences with them and are neither good or bad judges of character...generally imo...

how nice