When we meet new people, we use the expression “nice to meet you” so many times, but is it so? When I consider the first time I meet my best friends or teachers, I realize that what I felt or thought is much more different than now. “First impression” the idea, feeling you get when you meet someone is extremely flexible. Personally I don’t agree with people who trust their first impressions about people’s characters. However, ignoring that is indispensable.
None of us can say that I am not a prejudiced person. Actually, we all are, that is, we all have some good or bad impressions about people that we see for the first time. When we first meet someone, his/her appearance, clothes make us judge about his or her character. We can add the way she speaks or behaves to these examples. Mostly, it happens to us unconsciously .While talking with someone whom I don’t know before for the first time, I expect her to smile or behave candidly. However, she doesn’t have to smile at someone whom she sees for the first time. That makes me think that she is a cold person.
We know that humans are really complex creatures. There are so many things that affect our personality. Environment, family lifestyle there are really so many factors like those. Let’s suppose that we come across one of our friends in the street and there is a girl near her that you meet for the first time. However, it seems that there are some problems with her. When you first look at her unhappy face, you may get a bad impression about her. You may think that she is not outgoing and friendly. However, in the course of time you can have some chance to know each other better and your thought about her character can totally change.
To sum up, first impression is very important for our relationships, but we must try to avoid bad thoughts and prejudice. We shouldn’t forget that people’s appearance and behaviors do not really tell us their personality and characters.