People who look really mean but are actually nice, how do people react when they discover your personality?

I did not know this was what people thought of me until later in college. I am 185cm tall, 285lbs and my face has a resting grumpy look to it. My clothing choice for some reason was my high school football jacket in my early days at college. I am a quiet dude who does not really approach people who I don't know. Early on I was not really talked to by anyone and people seemed to walk on eggshells a bit around me. Now I know you are not supposed to say this but...Im a really nice guy. My favorite thing in the world is to get people laughing and I think I'm witty and generally my friends have a good time around me. People always say I don't have a mean bone in my body. I think I started to win over some classmates when I met them at a party on residence and got them laughing. The liquid courage really gets me to open up and mingle more so I was less of a quiet, brooding big dude. Years later some of my buddies said at first they thought I would be a bully or jerk so they kept their distance. It was weird learning later some of my friends were afraid of me when school started. I thought it was just me being quiet that took people so long to get to talk to me. Funny what you find out later in life.

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