What is your definition of being shy?

[Emily of Halifax]

I think being shy was more to do with my upbringing my mother was a single parent and very very strict, if I wanted to play out I always had to be home hours before anyone else which I used to get teased about so this stopped me wanting to play out she wouldnt even let me join the local youth club run by the church remember her saying no daughter of mine is mixing with those types of people so I think it stemmed from the lack of social involvement that was inflicted by her.

Hey ho thats not me anymore though strangely enough we dont speak cant stand the woman she is evil personified and I am not exaggerating the straw broke the camels back when she started to treat my children with the same attitude that she brought me up on and there was no way I was putting up with it.