How are you with it? A card carrying-disser probably enjoys above average time alone.
This thread is not (just) about masturbating.
My happiness levels correlate pretty directly to how much alone time I’m getting.
I’m pretty certain it wouldn’t level off before reaching 100%, too.
I’m just going to add up the alone time I’ve had in the last week (excluding time spent commuting)
I need more alone time, my two flatmates need constant company and we live in quite a small space so while sometimes it’s lovely sometimes it feels like a panopticon. Have to dart out to escape for little walks or coffees by myself etc, which feels a bit off, but yeah definitely realising I’m more introverted than I thought.
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Really important to me. Especially best for the first hour after work. Fortunately the GF works most evenings teaching etc, so I get time to chill, do my own thing, then run her a bath and cook dinner to have it ready for when she gets home.
Could do with a little more quality downtime overall, but those couple of hours fully keep me sane.
Love it. Alone time is probably my third favourite time. After dinner- and bed-.
Reckon I could quite happily go a week shut in the flat on my own. Only human contact I might need being the Ocado man and the driver from my takeaway of choice.
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Also, having a wank or two - obviously.
I’ve also started getting drunk and just going out to see where the night takes me alone at least once a week or so 
I absolutely love alone time and feel like I don’t quite get enough alone time. My bf plays golf on a Saturday and Sunday so I have at least 5 hours to do whatever I want then can see him after but I seem to fill up that time too quickly. During the week I am usually always at the gym so I’m hardly ever at home so no alone time/rest in the evening but I suppose that counts as alone time?
Love alone time. I live alone most of the time so it’s good that I do. I do need to spend time with other people as well but there’s a balance.
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It’s never enough. Never enough.
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Yeah I get you on this, I’m freelance and WFH almost every day and used to pounce on my husband and open my brainz as soon as he walked in the door after work, but now I faff about on DiS during the day so I no longer feel the need to vocalise every thought I’ve had in the past 8 hours within a space of 30 minutes.
I love being around people but if I’m not super comfortable with them or if they’re annoying I need some time to recover afterwards.
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same. everyone just wants a piece of me MAAAN.
I like it - on my own terms (i.e. when I want to be alone, and for there to be no interruptions).
It’s kind of less critical these days now that we live in our own place, but I lived in shared houses for the best part of 20 years and having time away from others became really important.
It’s one of the reasons why I like my run home - it allows me to be with my own thoughts at the end of a day in the office.
I think everyone’s a grouch their first hour or so after work tbh. Just need that decompression time after dealing with the inevitable shower of cunts every shift brings.
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I’m probably more of an introvert than I am an extrovert tbh, I do enjoy the company of others but I do enjoy having a couple of hours to myself here and there.
Let’s grab a tizer, separately.
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This is why I always take my lunch break on my own.
I only can make it through til lunch and then I need an hour on my own to just unwind.
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big fan of having plenty of alone time. i always thought i’d love near constant alone time but it turns out i get a bit sad and lonely.
Classic ‘introvert’ in needing my alone time, but I’m always surprised at how much I miss human contact when I have longer stretches without it. Like if the TV is away for the weekend I am excited for unlimited video-gaming without talking to people, but then by day 2 I feel an odd emptiness at that hermit existence.