Am I too guarded? Accustomed to “playing the game”, “being on”, “schmoozing”? Do people really understand what it is I am trying to communicate? Is my approach too harsh? too subtle?
Do I intimidate them? bore them?

Perhaps I annoy them? I know that many annoy me.
Are my standards too high? Is too much to ask for people to have more than one thing in common? Not just work, not just politics, not just because we see each other daily.

Why can’t people just laugh? Everything can be funny. I need to surround myself with people who stimulate my brain. Geez, I probably clam up when I meet them.