#29

Depends, but if it’s really late I find people pal up with me. Which is fine. I brought about 5 Swedish tourists back to my house a few weeks back after just meeting them in the pub, they sat on my table because “I looked sad”. They wanted to take me to the lego shop in Stratford, I did not take them up on it.

#30

I’m definitely introverted - and live alone most of the week. But alone time can get too much - especially if it’s a whole weekend.

I’ve started to really dislike working from home - and go into the office as much as I can, even though I can WFH a couple of days a week if I like

#32

I live alone so I’m alright with some alone time although if I spend a whole day on my own then the next day I need a bit of human interaction otherwise I start talking to the toaster and that chump is much wittier than me so he just ends up winding me up!

#33

This thread has made me think more about the fact that my sister is staying here for a while and as of tomorrow she’s having a man stay over for a week. Absolutely no problem with my sister staying but bringing a complete stranger (for me) into the mix is something different.

#35

used to think i was extremely introverted but then worked out I’m extremely socially anxious and only slightly introverted
interesting

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#36

Also you’re going to hear them bumping uglies.

#37

prefer sitting in silence with the colleagues i feel comfortable with at lunch rather than eating alone

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#38

Can be amazing though too. Some of my best friends/now best friends came to stay as strangers.

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#39

Thankfully the two bedrooms are at complete opposite sides of the flat though. Was fine last time she had someone staying.

#40

Maybe this one’s a shrieker. You just don’t know until it happens.

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#41

Thanks Epimer

#42

I’m here to help.

#44

going to go home now. hopefully i’ll have the place to myself fingers crossed

#46

I think I might be like that, because I get really restless without social contact, and am prone to over sharing in some contexts, I just simply don’t know how to talk to people face to face. Whenever I fill out personality tests and stuff I find the questions difficult to answer because I know what I am like, but it’s not like I want to be like that

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#47

Used to take a ‘sick’ day occasionally and not tell anyone (other than work). I would go to the library or the shops and just have a wonder. It was lovely no time constraints, no phone calls just pure self indulgence!

#48

Yeah I take forever taking photos, drawing stuff, walking in an aimless loop round back streets, and find the company of others distracting while I’m doing it. Same with exhibitions, galleries etc, there are only a few select friends I can bear to go with.

I can put out quite a burst of social energy when I feel like it and be quite chatty/just interested in people in general , which can make people think I’m much much more extroverted than I actually am, but it’s incredibly draining.

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#49

I’m outgoing but at the same time I’m a hyper-introvert. I can’t stand not going out on a Friday night but I only feel truly comfortable in my skin when I’m alone. Time with other people can be good or bad, it just it depends on who those people are. It’s not binary.

#50

I love alone time but I always totally waste it.

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#51

I like travelling alone, but otherwise apart from a quiet hour or two in the evening when everyone else is in bed, i’m not really too bothered. I like the company of others even when just chilling out

#53

We should get married.

Then live in different houses and rarely speak.