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Being alone... (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 OP
Yes. I spent six days this May staring at the sea and thinking about things. bemildred May 2012 #1
I'm an engineer. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #2
I assume this has been posted. Angelshare1 May 2012 #3
Thanks :) n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #4

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
1. Yes. I spent six days this May staring at the sea and thinking about things.
Wed May 23, 2012, 09:28 AM
May 2012

Went to some trouble to find a place where I would not be disturbed by well-meaning people.

It was very refreshing and got me settled back down again. Very necessary sometimes. But people will think it's weird. "Why aren't you doing anything?" But of course, I am doing something.

Loner is a relative term, I think, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to have no people at all in your life, just less, sometimes.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,577 posts)
2. I'm an engineer.
Wed May 23, 2012, 10:06 AM
May 2012

There's this joke about engineers:

Three men, a lawyer, an artist and an engineer, were asked if they would prefer to have a wife or a mistress.
The lawyer answered: "A wife. If had a supportive and understanding wife, I could raise a family and become a pillar of the community."
The artist answered: "A mistress. Such a relationship maintains a spontaneous nature and would feed my creativity."
The engineer answered: "Both. In my absence they would each assume I was with the other and I could some work done."

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