Nice to meet you.

I tend to just love people, whoever they may be, and, once I've met someone, I enjoy the process of getting to know them greatly. After the initial hand shake and "nice to meet you," I feel pretty comfortable. But what I don't like is when I'm in a group of people and have half conversations with people I haven't officially met yet. There's that big feeling of, I can't really enjoy talking to this person until I've shaken their hand. Generally, I wait a few minutes to see if the people I do know in the group will introduce me to the person I don't know, like any good friend would do. But if that doesn't happen, then I must find a way to extend my hand and say, "I'm Emily. Nice to meet you." After that happens, it's like a uptightness is released. But if that doesn't happen, usually do to the fact that I don't want to interrupt the existing conversation, I get agitated. I know, it's odd. But it's true.