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

[zombiesinc]

I enjoy it. I find being with other people do be a very draining experience. I sometimes like to be with others, but only for short times, otherwise I start to dislike the experience.

You're an introvert too, eh?

OT: Although I enjoy my alone time most, I do hope to get married one day and grow old with the 'love of my life' (or something like that, I think). God, I just don't know if I could tolerate one person that often, for that long. People tend to annoy the absolute fuck out of me.

I enjoy it. I find being with other people do be a very draining experience. I sometimes like to be with others, but only for short times, otherwise I start to dislike the experience.

Introverts, hell yeah b( -_-)b

OP: my ideal long-term relationship thing would be essentially a friends-with-benefits situation -- me and my girlfriend/boyfriend having separate rooms (separate apartments, even! I'm territorial like you wouldn't believe) and our own things going on, and then periodically we'd have sexy introvert sex and then go back to our own lives. I don't think what you or I or any of the other people in this thread want is depressing at all -- we're all looking for what's good for us personally, and I think that's pretty okay.

That's about the best idea... ever! I not only need my own space, but that space to be completely and only my own, somewhere to retreat to and ignore the world. Not to mention the need to not have all those expectations or social commitments that come along with living and being with someone. Plus, who doesn't like sexy introvert sex?

 

[Spinozaad]

I like to be alone when I write, read and study. Also, just chilling at home all alone is a great way to recharge your battery.

However, social interaction is too much fun, too stimulating to reject for ever and ever and ever.

Marriage, however? Not for me.

 

[PurpleSky]

A few days ago in my F.C.E clas (Family and Consumer Edutation) we had a stupid talking circle about marriage, everyone in the class, except for me said that they wanted to get married, and one of the girls two seats away asked me quietly, "Don't you think thats depressing, being alone?" And then it hit me, I think beng alone is a bonus in life, and the majority of people think it is a sad depressing way to live.

As for the disscussion value of this, who else likes being alone, and who likes companions in life.

I don't want to end up alone,but I generally feel better with no-one around to bring me down.

 

[capin Rob]

A few days ago in my F.C.E clas (Family and Consumer Edutation) we had a stupid talking circle about marriage, everyone in the class, except for me said that they wanted to get married, and one of the girls two seats away asked me quietly, "Don't you think thats depressing, being alone?" And then it hit me, I think beng alone is a bonus in life, and the majority of people think it is a sad depressing way to live.

As for the disscussion value of this, who else likes being alone, and who likes companions in life.

You picked a class full of women who probably want to become "housewifes" xD Of course they want to get married!
But really you can have a special someone and not get married my friends parents are like that he doesn't want to marry her because he's scared that she would leave him on the spot.


And if people are so pro marriage then what about homosexual couples? They can't get married and their still together and happy

I didn't pick the class, In mid school they randomly select people.

 

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[The Diabolical Biz]

To this I would answer yes and no. There are time where one desires for company, and times when one doesn't.

 

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[Marter]

I enjoy it. I find being with other people do be a very draining experience. I sometimes like to be with others, but only for short times, otherwise I start to dislike the experience.

Draining experience?! XD

Yes, both emotionally and physically, at times.

 

[Woodsey]

All the chicks I have ever spoken to lose interest in me when I say I have a terrible career that doesn't pay much. I don't, but if they know I have a good income they might only want me for my money.

That's a slightly flawed plan, considering it makes you sound like a going-nowhere-loser.

And why should anyone be interested in someone like that?

Because people can have other decent qualities apart from their salary and aren't necessarily defined by their jobs?

Yes, I can see that - the salary isn't important whether you enjoy the job or not. Just saying that you're in a job you hate for no reason makes you seem pathetic. Naturally, people won't gravitate towards you.

 

[capin Rob]

I'm a loner.
I enjoy being alone but I still like to hang out with my IRL friends occasionaly.

I see you like social science judging by the course you picked.

I didn't pick the course, but next year I'll be in my selected courses, I did pick a similar course for next year.

I do enjoy the working of the human mind.

 

[Tommy T.]

A few days ago in my F.C.E clas (Family and Consumer Edutation) we had a stupid talking circle about marriage, everyone in the class, except for me said that they wanted to get married, and one of the girls two seats away asked me quietly, "Don't you think thats depressing, being alone?" And then it hit me, I think beng alone is a bonus in life, and the majority of people think it is a sad depressing way to live.

As for the disscussion value of this, who else likes being alone, and who likes companions in life.

Hmmm... It seems that your opinion is excatly same as mine :| Company can be fun but I much prefer to be alone. I even have a habit of getting mean and agressive if I'm around others too much. Expecially if they are the same people all the time.

 

[Luke5515]

It's always great to have other people in your life, and I want to get married, but usually I just like to be with my self and my thoughts.

 

[ddon]

As a great comedian said who I can't remeber the name of "either you're alone forever or you're annoyed forever."

 

[wbouvy]

I'm not sure how accurate the quote is, as several versions exist, but it is something I tend to keep in mind when I consider whether or not to share my sense of social disconnectedness.

The quote:

Man s by nature a social animal, and an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something in nature that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or he is a god.

Aristotle, Politics (1253 A)

I'll leave it to you to decide which of the choices applies.

 

[spartan231490]

I like a balence. I love having friends and family I can talk to and rely on, but if i dont get several hours a day alone with my thoughts i become a very depressed angry person. I love both my alone time and my time with friends although honestly, i tilt a little towards the alone time.

 

[Aur0ra145]

I'm going to say that most of the children on this website haven't been out in the world, away from mom and dad, and all of your friends, to really grasp what being alone is like. What most of ya'll are describing is a "personal" time you'd want to take out of a normal day in your current surroundings.

Three weeks ago I took a trip to the desert by myself, I camped out alone, watched the stars and shot my dinner. The first few days were nice, but after a week and a half you start to get lonely. Not the feeling sorry for yourself lonely, but the want to be with people, even just to have someone to talk to even just for a few minutes.

I see a lot of self loathing by people scattered around the internet, our society has become less of a "Do it for yourself" and "Rugged individualism" and has changed to people believing, "I'm entitled to it." I think everyone would be much happier if they started doing things for themselves, taking the blame for their mistakes and taking the good with the bad.

Another astounding thing I see from people I've run across is how incredibly self-centered most younger people are. Once you can get over your own ego, life will be much more enjoyable.

I for the longest time said I never wanted to get married and would weather life on my own. It wasn't until about two years ago I realized how flawed my philosophy had been. Now, I hope to get married one day, don't know to who yet, but hopefully I'll end up with someone at least compatible with me.

 

[Hashime]

I like hanging out with friends, but I like my alone time too. I watch shows, read exercise. Besides hanging out with other people is very over rated. Join a football team (not soccer, not american football as Canadians, Australians, many other countries play it as well) and you will see quickly that being alone is more fun than being borderline violated by the QB every play. (I played Centre several seasons)