[Z]

I had a friend when I lived in Germany who fell into the latter category. Really nice girl, but she was so timid and afraid to have an opinion on ANYTHING that it got a bit frustrating. We're talking along the lines of "what do you want to order?" "oh I don't mind, just whatever everyone else is having!" - this is your dinner we're talking about. This is your choice to make. You can't crowd please all the time!

[Z]

Originally Posted by Stu

Oh dull people can suck on one. It's even worse because you're not allowed to rib on them because their niceness is perceived as being some sort of get out of jail free card. Ol' Johnny who doesn't question his job or place and just likes pleasing his equally vacuous girlfriend and watching the footie. It's all alright with this world if I can watch my team win this Sunday lol. Can't wait to get married, have kids and die.

I'm reading Generation X too much again.

Exactly! That's the kind of people I perceived this thread to be talking about. They're so "nice" that you can't say anything to the contrary because it's akin to calling a baby ugly or something.

[Stu]

Circle jerks of life.

Originally Posted by Zee

Exactly! That's the kind of people I perceived this thread to be talking about. They're so "nice" that you can't say anything to the contrary because it's akin to calling a baby ugly or something.

I think nice people, and those that refuse to express an opinion are different subsets. Probably more of a Venn diagram relationship between nice and malleable. Definite crossover, but not a defining characteristic.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

I think nice people, and those that refuse to express an opinion are different subsets. Probably more of a Venn diagram relationship between nice and malleable. Definite crossover, but not a defining characteristic.

I think you're right, but those people are always called nice by default because there's nothing else to say about them - hence the confusion in this thread, even. I'd never thought about it like that before, that's a good way of explaining those kinds of people.

[Livia]

Nice, to me, means receptive, respectful, open, polite, interested... any more than that when I first meet someone and I think they're trying to be more than they are. Also, anyone who wants to hug or kiss me, invade my personal space or who are overly familiar when I first meet them are damned forever in my eyes.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Zee

I think you're right, but those people are always called nice by default because there's nothing else to say about them - hence the confusion in this thread, even. I'd never thought about it like that before, that's a good way of explaining those kinds of people.

Haha! zee you ledge.... You actually make me want to be described as anything but 'nice' but that's not possible... is it?