text: how can i be more outgoing????? why does everyone say i'm so shy and quiet????? please, please help me!!!!!!!! i'm very fun to be with and when i'm with my family and friends i'm not shy at all. but when i'm with kids that i don't know as well, i'm sort of quiet. i know that i am, but i don't like it when kids say that i am. when i just minding my own business sometimes, some jerks will say "why are you so quiet", and i don't know what to say. then today, we switched seats in social studies, and i overheard this girl say "oh, he's not talkative at all. he doesn't say a word. he's so quiet", and they said that about me, after finding out their new seat. so i have a few questions:  1. how can i be more outgoing?  2. why does everyone think i'm quiet?  3. why does everyone say i'm quiet?  4. what should i say when they say "why are you so quiet"?  thank you so much!!!!!!  by the way, i'm a 13 year old boy in 8th grade. here is some advice. get more talkative! don't be afraid to talk to someone! there not going to not talk back! also never hang out with just one group of people! i ran for my class president and i won because i was open to hanging out with new people! trust me in the long run it helps! and about people calling you quiet make jokes with them! people call me the silent gangster! lol but you be who you wanna be and if you don't wanna talk than don't. and make sure your friends understand!