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I'll add to this: If you want to practice following up but are afraid of "bugging" someone, start by wishing 1-3 people happy birthday every day. I put every person I know birthday on one giant Google calendar and wish people happy every day. It's a super easy way to at least say "hi" to someone once a year.

I tried this, but it didn't work very well for me. Maybe I was just catching people at a bad time? They'd always brush me off with some version of

  "uh, it isn't my birthday"

  "you've said that to me every day for a week, please stop"

  "stay away from me".
What could I be doing wrong? Am I just choosing the wrong people to try to befriend?
I think you might be choosing the wrong people. :grimacing:
> "you've said that to me every day for a week, please stop"

Did you, or didn't you ??

I love this.

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