I'm trying to but since I have no clues at how to behave in society people find me rude. Sometimes. I was told to treat others like I would like to be treated myself, but finally it seems it was a bad idea. When I meet very sensitive people they think I'm very mean, rarely smiling and rude...but people who knows me well know I'm smiling with the eyes and just trying to be nice and familiar.
Once someone wanted to send me a gift, like one dollar little gift, but I told them that my place was very small and crowded and I had no more place (no kidding) I have more key holders than keys and I don't know where to put them anymore and besides I didn't get the point in paying 20$ of shipping for 1$ thing I would not know what to do with it after. So for me, it was being logical and considerate but the person really got mad at me, said I was rude and not really friendly, then she told everybody else that I rejected her....Didn't get it.
Another time, someone was venting at their boyfriend with very bad words, complaining that the BF had no money, no job, no car and because of that they couldn't do anything fun together and I had the bad idea to say (all naive I was) "Well you neither, why should he be a scumbag for that?" It was like waking up a lion sleeping in a volcano.
So I'm told I'm not very nice but I think a lot of people are not very nice either...