Do you care what other people think of you?

[athos]

No... for the overwhelming majority of people

When you are young, you tend to care what strangers think, when you get old like me, you really care a lot less about what people who don't know you think. I think as people age, they get more comfortable with who they are.

 

[Scorpio616]

I'm no psychology expert, but I would be inclined to imagine that anybody who truthfully answered "no" to that question would be a sociopath.

And they would probably be smart enough not to admit to that.

 

[Jhaelen]

For the vast majority of the people in the world, no, I don't particularly care. For the small remainder, I care a great deal.

This!

Oh, and I'm actually almost always surprised when I happen to learn what someone thinks of me. With most people I'm a pretty close-lipped person, so it shouldn't be surprising, though. And it can go both ways: Good or bad.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

In the real world, in real life, do you care what people think of you?

Only if their caring is beneficial to me in some way.

Have you ever been surprised to learn what someone thought of you? Was the surprise good or bad?

Nope. I'm pretty good at determining how people feel about me.

 

[EscherEnigma]

I'll stop caring what other people think when it's safe to do so.

Apathy is a luxury.

 

[Ragnar_Lodbrok]

I care about what other people think about me to the extent that it makes my life easier and suits whatever plans I may be trying to implement. So ordinarily I simply try to be reasonably likable and appear completely trustworthy. But the only person who I really care about the opinion of is myself. Other people come and go, but I have to listen to myself every moment until I'm gone.