I totally get you on this. I think some people are just so confident with interacting with people that they don't care either way what people think and so it's no issue just saying things flat out. I on the other hand have had a hard time dealing with acceptance vs. rejection my whole life and don't like putting myself into situations where I have to face that head on.

I do believe I can change that about myself though... maybe the saying "fake it till you make it" can apply here and if I just pretend I'm confident and don't care of the judgement, I'll learn that it's not actually so bad and have no issues with it moving forward.