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Loners

Warpy

(113,130 posts)

8. Most introverts are like that

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 02:00 PM

Jun 2022

It's not antagonism toward other people, it's needing to recharge our batteries by having alone time after we've been around them.

That's why those of us who are alone are often happily so.

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are you happily alone? [View all] mopinko Jun 2022 OP

Been that way most of my life. lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #1

i'm the complete opposite. mopinko Jun 2022 #2

I do well in most social situations. lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #3

Most introverts are like that Warpy Jun 2022 #8

That's so true. I like people. I just like solitude more. prodigitalson Sep 2023 #13

Even though I prefer to live alone.. luvs2sing Jun 2022 #4

Alone by choice, okay with it for now, don't want to give up the dream intheflow Jun 2022 #5

well, i've had a couple of less than the dream relationships, and i'm not sorry. mopinko Jun 2022 #6

I don't know the answer. Gore1FL Jun 2022 #7

Alone by her cancer death circumstances six years. Getting out more last couple years. IA8IT Jun 2022 #9

Other BunnyMcGee Dec 2022 #10

My husband of 44 years died in May CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #11

Do something nice for yourself today prodigitalson Sep 2023 #14

I think I do better with a good mate, but snot Jan 2023 #12

I subscribe to Oscar Wilde's views on solitude jfz9580m Oct 2023 #15