Does anyone else who enjoys her/his friends still prefer alone time?

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I guess Saturday nights are supposed to be about hanging with the girls (or guys), especially when you're in school. So even though I had some me-time plans tonight, I went out with the girls. And all night all I heard was how I need to get out more. How it's unsafe for a 19 year old girl to be out and about on her own. (WTF? How'd we do it for centuries when we had to?) How I ought to be dating guys on campus. And worst of all, how I shouldn't be at home on a weekend night. <Sigh.>

Does anyone else happen to have a lot of friends but still prefer being alone? I check in with people regularly, but I really, really enjoy seeing movies by myself, or going to galleries in different cities alone, being in a sit-down restaurant (when I can afford it) and people watching through a meal (not overly obvious or creepy-like), or most of all, chillin' at home exploring new playlists (Thanks, Google Music!) and any project of the weekend. Why do so many people take it personally that some of us just prefer being alone?

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  • Caryopteris
    7 years ago

    You sound introverted, and that's okay. It doesn't mean you don't like people, but they can tire you out. You recharge yourself with alone time and then you have the energy to see people again. Many people have some degree of introversion. Just be aware of it when you choose a career. I'm somewhat introverted and got switched from the job I applied to to one where I feel like I'm in a fishbowl full of noisy fish. I can't concentrate on my work because of the constant distractions, especially answering the phone. My personality suffers when I'm in a job suited to extroverts.

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    • AB1234
      7 years ago

      I wonder how many people are really unhappy in life because they HAD to take a job wholly unsuited to their nature. I can see someone, as you say, very introverted being miserable if she has to work with the public--especially today when people are so comfortable being rude. One of my friends knows I'm trying to save money so her dad offered me a job doing ticket sales in New York over the summer. He says girls bring in a lot more cash than guys... And the pay's better than my lab job.

      But can you imagine dealing with hundreds and hundreds of people every dang day, six days a week? Telephones and long queues of rowdy baseball fans and--and guys who think they're being cute coming on to you when you're trying to work. If I had to do a job like that for decades I think I'd shoot myself. Or become a raging drug addict. I'm not kidding.

      Thanks for the idea to think about: how a job can be the absolute worst match for your personality.

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  • nelly1472
    7 years ago

    omg yes thank you

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  • Lifeistooshorttotakeseriously
    7 years ago

    Totally normal! Friends play an important role but that person in the mirror is your #1 priority for a happy life :)

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  • Terence_the_viking
    7 years ago

    Yah i hate that they always want to play call of duty. I'd rather ultra sonsovbeeches.

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    • AB1234
      7 years ago

      Terence, you crack me up.

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