Poll: Wow, I'm a sad person, I guess.

[Guitarmasterx7]

I could NEVER get married. I generally hate people. Even the people I don't hate tend to wear on me. There have been so many friendships and relationships that I've just gotten bored of and let go. That said, commitment is something that I should probably avoid.

 

[Biosophilogical]

I love being alone, I find it relaxing and peaceful, but I also love hanging out with my friends, it is enjoyable and mentally stimulating. So really, I'm an inrovert and extrovert depending on the situation, which is why I refuse to vote in the poll. But yes, I don't want to get married or have kids, and I believe that it's a happy and joyful choice, as I value independance and freedom.

 

[HoodedPunhist]

We're now talking about marriage as "living together happily" and not as very old, very stupid way for christianity to show how much grip it got on modern day society? If so, I don't mind getting married at some point but then again there's no hurry either. But I'm still going to say I don't like being alone because I get very depressed those times and I start to talk with myself.

But no, you're not sad person. Your opinion just differs with majority. Don't feel sad for it, be happy! Many great inventors needed to think outside the box to come up with their inventions.

 

[rddj623]

I chose yes because while I love my relationship and see it growing into marriage, I know I still love me some alone time to think and process and just be. As well as knowing that I don't need a relationship to be fulfilled.

 

[Striker501]

I enjoy my own company, it doesnt over stay its welcome.

 

[Minjoltr]

I was alone for a couple of years - no job, no friends, not much family contact and I hated almost every minute of it and it was just after being at university with a load of really awesome and slightly odd people who I miss dearly.

I much prefer company.

 

[reinersailer]

This, what we have to believe as life, here in Wichtelsimulation (Level Deutschland), is nothing, what makes me want to share it with other persons. So i work every day to end this. A part of this work is my website.
Have a look at: http://www.reinersailer.de/Der_Klarsichtklebefilm.wmv
regards
R
www.reinersailer.de

 

[Angryman101]

Solitude and enjoying being with people should be a dichotomy in a person's life. I love spending almost every day with friends, but after a few days I just need one to myself or else I get really annoyed and agitated.

 

[TOGSolid]

Most everyone is programmed to believe that you have to be with someone otherwise there is something wrong with you. I stayed single for almost my entire life until only just recently when I met a gal that really does make my life just that much better. There is nothing wrong with being alone, and in fact, being able to handle being alone well is a powerful ability most people just don't have.

Do remember that your average human being is an unthinking wind-up puppet that simply follows the herd unquestioningly. Anything that goes against their preprogrammed ideologies makes them very uneasy.

 

[Yureina]

I'd like to be with someone eventually, but at this point I prefer being alone.

 

[ARatherHandsomeGent]

I love being alone, which makes the fact none of my friends (the few that there are) know where I live fantastic.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Poll is too black and white. I like being alone at times, yes. I find it a lot easier to relax when no-one's around. Like reading outside in the sun, I always find it pretty meeh when mum's sitting next to me, but I can do it for hours when I'm home alone. And that's exactly what I did yesterday, very relaxing.

However, overall I'd like to spend more time with people like me. Gaming is a lot more enjoyable when you have some friends around you to game with. Neither can you play D&D or Magick the Gathering alone.

As for "alone" in the context that those girls from the OP were talking about, that is something I do dread. I do long for a soul mate, someone I love and who loves me back, gets me in an instant and gets me through rough times.

 

[OMGMOO]

I'm going to quote a play that I had to study for my year 12 english exam (HSC for the people from australia/NSW here)

"You can always find lonliness in marriage, but never solitude. And I like my solitude"

In case you hadn't guessed I voted yes. Why? Because im a loner .... oh well

 

[yoyo13rom]

I am sometimes a loner, but I wish that in the end I can share my life experiences with someone I like/love a friend or a lover. But I think everyone needs some alone time.

 

[ZephrC]

You know, now that I think about it, I honestly could be perfectly happy if I spent the rest of my life without contacting another person in any way, shape or form.

I like people just fine, I've had some good friends over the years, and I even still have a couple of them that haven't gotten sick of me yet, but overall I mostly just wonder why everyone else seems to have this obsessive need for others. It doesn't seem healthy.

 

[Fraught]

I do like to be often alone, and my brain can concentrate when no one else is around, but overall, like for example, on days when I am sick, and generally don't go out at all (and don't meet any people), then I do often get just a little bit depressed, and feel like I crave human contact.

It's kind of weird, but I like both. It just depends when (and in what state I am at that time).

 

[Sir-jackington]

I couldn't live without my friends but some people just prefer being alone

 

[superbatranger]

I like being alone from time to time, but to be completely alone..I could never do that. I like hanging out with my friends as much as I like spending time by myself. But as for marriage, I just don't see it happening to me.

 

[Ironlenny]

Do remember that your average human being is an unthinking wind-up puppet that simply follows the herd unquestioningly. Anything that goes against their preprogrammed ideologies makes them very uneasy.

That's not really a fair statement. While group think is something that does occur, that statement grossly simplifies the average person. It encourages an us vs them mentality, with itself is a form of group think.

While the statement, as a whole, implies weak mindedness on the part of the majority of humanity, itself is an example of weak minded thought. "Preprogrammed ideologies" implies that there is no self reflection on the part of the individual. Instead of thinking beings, they are merely empty vessels to be filled by their betters. How are you different from the rest of humanity? Are you somehow more human than others?

Not everyone is a equal in mental ability, but everyone has the capacity to decide for themselves what they believe. Sometimes a person decides he agrees with the majority. That doesn't make him "an unthinking wind-up puppet".

This idea of an unthinking humanity is not original, nor is it accurate. It is simply an excuse to isolate ones beliefs from another's.