What do you think of this faulty first impression?

Question

I am going to an entirely new school. It's pretty much a new start for me. I didn't want to do anything to mess it up, but on AIM I was talking to this girl who goes to my new school. So I was talking to her and the subject came up about dance. She said she did _____ and i told her what type of dance I did. She asked me if I was good, and might I say i was a little self flattering (I said more than I could). I breakdance, but due to an arm injury I have been unable to do any sort of athletic activity, thus resulting in me being a couch potato for the entire summer. Then she asked me what sport I was going to do, and I replied track. I continued telling her, "I don't like when the gun goes off. I don't like races. I am fast, but I don't like the races." Right there I think I made myself seem conceited. Then I told another person who is somewhat of a close friend from my new school that I thought I made myself seem conceited! I think somewhere in the back of my brain I was hoping that my somewhat close friend from my new school would tell the other girl that I thought I made myself look conceited. I asked my mom what she thought of this, and she responded, "Wow you have already messed it up. Why did you say you are fast, you haven't practiced in a long time!". I was one of the fastest on my track team during the year, but i haven't been able to do any sort of athletic thing because of my injured arm. I can't sleep and can't get any other opinion right now besides my mothers. Please tell me what you think of all this.

Answer 1

I am not saying this to be mean at all.  One of the most meaningful quotes I ever read was "You wouldn't care so much what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do"

Things we say socially are often taken in one ear and passed swiftly out the other.  I think you are worrying way too much about a little thing.

Answer 2

There's lots of time to develop a new impression, as facts are brought into the conversation.  Maybe you're anxious about the new school and your impressions there, but you're surely going to have lots of friends there, and you'll have lots of new opportunities to start first conversations differently.

I'd wait and see.  I just feel sure that it'll work out okay, but will feel weird for a little while.  I don't think you sounded conceited, by the way.

Good luck at the new school.

Answer 3

Just explain it to her, due to your injury you havent been able to do much lately. Surely understandable.

Best of luck at your new school!