re: Do you like to be alone?

Yes but I act very weird and talk to myself a lot and although I like it, it's almost like a bad habit.

That is, I like being alone but am at my best when I'm around people and interacting a lot.

I absolutely love going to the bar at happy hour alone.

Drink a couple beers, order an appetizer, watch sports, and not talk to anyone for an hour or two before heading home.

Of course I'll talk to people if that's how I'm feeling, but its usually after work and all I want is to talk to no one, yet still be in a public setting.

I'm a raging extrovert that just gets stressed out and eventually tired of talking by the end of most days.

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I love being alone. But i love being around people when i get bored of being alone.

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i agree with this

the latter part is becoming trouble lately and it's really getting to me

there are few things more difficult than wanting to go be social and having that outlet closed off

the only time you came to me for help, i gave you the wrong answer

My wife absolutely cannot be alone. She wants me to do everything with her. Its exhausting, but I love her for it.

I'll never understand it though. She doesn't like running to the pharmacy down the street alone or going to the gym alone or anything that most people don't think twice about doing alone.

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Care to expound on that?

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getting older and having friends get married/having kids

having new friend groups get dissolved (moving, drama, etc)

the circle becomes very small very quickly

i'm kind of at that point and i'm trying to go be social but it usually sucks when i do and every time that happens it just compounds negatively. really snowballs, esp when you get close to new people and they bounce out

with my social history it's really tough. back in my dark days, i was the king of saying "everybody leaves me in the end" and this just reinforces that notion and kind of brings me back and it just really, really sucks

hard to go be social and display value when you're just angry at a person or the world generally with this blanket of loneliness consuming you and over shadowing everything you try

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My wife absolutely cannot be alone. She wants me to do everything with her. Its exhausting, but I love her for it.

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Are we married to the same woman? Damn good thing my wife is cute.

Seems like the only time we ever fight is because she got her feelings hurt I didn't invite her come along with me to AutoZone to pick up windshield wipers.

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Part of the problem is most people are fairly boring. It's rare to meet someone interesting, intelligent and with a sense of humor.

It is/was far more common in old people. I could sit and talk with WWII guys for hours and never get tired of it.

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I agree, or they care about stupid shite like celebrities.

I find that the older I get the harder it is to pander to others’ interests if I don’t have any curiosity about it at all. I can’t fake being into my co-worker’s cat army or her knitting.

I mean, I can, but I hate it more than anything and I run from it.

I love being around my friends and big groups though, especially on weekends. I always want to be with friends and get really bad FOMO when they’re doing stuff and I’m not involved.

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According to your results you appear to be the type of person who doesn't socialize very often.* You likely have a limited social network, and possibly aren't really interested in extending it beyond a few close and intimate friendships. Having an active social life doesn't appear to be an important thing to you.**

*Understatement. **My interest in this matter is roughly equivalent to my interest in contracting the Zika virus.

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This is exactly me (I maybe more anti-social but I'll stick with this for now )