First Impressions

I'll just come right out and say it, people think I'm stuck up...when they first meet me; but all of that seems to change once they get to know me. The funny thing is, I'll think those same people were stuck up when I first met them. So then, my pondering mind wonders, which came first? Me being stuck up, or the other person being stuck up? Honestly, it's all relative.
I always ask people to clarify what makes someone stuck up, and surprise surprise, it's never anything concrete. Here are some examples of an answer:
"Well, I don't know, it was the way she said 'Hi' to me that one time."
"You kind of made a weird look when you walked into the room."
"I'm not really sure, he just stayed with his friends, and never branched out, or said hi to me." (Mind you, the person never tried to say hi either)
Tell me, do these answers really show any substantial evidence of someone being stuck up. Typically, you could meet somebody on the wrong day and that's why they might not seem so pleasant at first. Or, when you meet people for the first time, you're going to naturally be weary of them because you're feeling them out as a person. We're human, we have emotions and those emotions will show on a bad day or a good day. Of course, various interpretation of one's tone or behavior is going to be different for every person. I could think someone is the nicest person in the world, while someone else might think that they are a total "you-know-what." Also, have you noticed that if someone is nice the first time you meet them, you think something's wrong with them. Most people think they're being fake or that they're hiding something. So it's pretty much a lose-lose situation, if you're stand-offish, you're stuck up, if you're too friendly, you're fake.
I try to not even stick with my first impressions of people. (It's a struggle because you're always going to remember the bitter taste they left in your mouth). I know that we are never truly ourselves when we first meet people because we all feel the need to put on this front in the beginning. We go in to a situation, protecting ourselves from being taken advantage of, with the "Don't start nothin, won't be nothin" mentality. Why can't we just be ourselves, all the time? Well maybe we don't like who we really are, so we try to change our personalities to impress people, but if you're not yourself, how can you expect to start a genuine relationship with people.
With all this being said, let's first accept people for who they are, most people aren't stuck up, but a whole lot of people are labeled as being such. Just take time to get to know people, eventually you'll see them for who they are and you'll understand them better.