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re: Anyone else a lone wolf
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:42 pm to momentoftruth87
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:42 pm to momentoftruth87
I’m a lone wolf with a canine sidekick
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Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:48 pm to HoboDickCheese
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HoboDickCheese
Its like youre in my head
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:49 pm to GeauxTigas22
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Back in school we used to call these people Losers
The difference is loners are usually high achievers
Losers don't achieve much at any level or time
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:52 pm to ReedRothchild
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I feel like I've met all the people I need to meet, at least in a social sense.
I’ll never tire of striking up conversations with random people. Learn a lot about the world that way.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:21 pm to momentoftruth87
Friends come and go is how I see it. Some of it due to life getting in the way with raising kids, working, taking care of business and less free time.
Some of it is due to stuff like Katrina that sent many of my friends to other parts of the country getting a new start on life and out of future paths of hurricanes.
Plus, at my current age, 68, there's those that have died off, never to be seen again.
I know as I've aged I'm a lot more comfortable being within myself and pursuing my interests as an individual.
Some of it is due to stuff like Katrina that sent many of my friends to other parts of the country getting a new start on life and out of future paths of hurricanes.
Plus, at my current age, 68, there's those that have died off, never to be seen again.
I know as I've aged I'm a lot more comfortable being within myself and pursuing my interests as an individual.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:39 pm to LSU Coyote
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I'm always alone.
You just pissed Nymeria off and she will be cutting you off.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:46 pm to The Third Leg
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I’ll never tire of striking up conversations with random people. Learn a lot about the world that way.
True, but I just hate people in general so I'll do my learning from third party sources (podcasts, books, etc)
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:51 pm to momentoftruth87
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I'm fine going out and interacting, but honestly I really don't have many people I'd call good friends, I have the ones that have always been there and that seems enough. But the older I get I see them less and less because of our own lives. I guess I'd probably call this the place where I enjoy socialization, lame, I know. Anyways, dear OT
Yeah definitely I tell myself that's the case, but I doubt it.
It's easy to say you're a lone wolf, but very few are. I'm bad at social interactions. I can fake it only for so long. I'm good at a gathering for about 20 minutes. If the gathering is crucial, like an interview or a good friend's wedding I can fake it longer, but there does come a hard line in the sand where I can't even be bothered to hide my emotions.
And it's not in the charming "Awkward Aubrey Plaza" way. It's painful for me and the person that sees me obviously being more inept than most. I don't break social etiquette, but only because I don't let myself get that far anymore. It makes me feel like there's something wrong with myself. I think true "lone wolves" wouldn't be on message boards.
It isn't always fun. I've been able to accept that there are only a handful of people I'll ever trust, and even fewer who I really enjoy being around. It feels weird to see people in high school you used to hang out with and want nothing to do with them. I think it's advantageous in some regard. For instance many people back home that I still talk to will often tell me and my wife how they admire us for being so brave leaving home. But bravery had nothing to do with it. I was honestly tired of being around people that I've known my entire life to the point I needed to leave. I couldn't stand the thought of bumping into someone at the grocery store I went to 4th grade with.
It's exhausting to be having a pleasant social interaction and then have someone say one wrong thing and you decide to wash your hands of them.
This post isn't intended for pity. I've gotten quite good of getting my social fill from here, filling my time with football in the fall, and then books and movies everywhere in between. I'm comfortable with where I am in life. But I'd be lying if I said I chose this. I just realized it was the easiest way to be.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 7/21/21 at 5:02 pm to The Third Leg
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I’ll never tire of striking up conversations with random people. Learn a lot about the world that way.
That’s what this place is for. I learn a bunch and get interaction without having an actual human around to aggravate me.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 5:07 pm to Stonehog
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my wife likes to entertain so we have people over quite a bit
No one comes to my place but family. It's my refuge when I want alone time.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 5:21 pm to momentoftruth87
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Anyone else a lone wolf
The husband likes ppl but he’s toned it down the past few years
Just he and I at a bar right now
Posted on 7/21/21 at 5:51 pm to GeauxTigas22
Posted on 7/21/21 at 5:58 pm to momentoftruth87
The older I get the more crotchety I get and just want to be left alone. Not so much ‘shaking fists at clouds’ type thing but just indifferent to the people and what’s going on around me. I still have a best friend that I’m closer to than my siblings.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 6:08 pm to LSU Coyote
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I'm a coyote, we never stay in a pack unless to take down large prey.
You and nymeria planning to take down your wife?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 6:33 pm to Odysseus32
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I'm comfortable with where I am in life. But I'd be lying if I said I chose this. I just realized it was the easiest way to be.
That shite is worth writing down somewhere.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 6:46 pm to momentoftruth87
Original question reminds me of the thoroughly loaded one on the Army Infantry personality/IQ test: “ I would rather,
(a) Stay home and read a book,
(b) Go to the opera,
(c) Repair my car, or
(d) Take a long hike in the woods.”
(a) Stay home and read a book,
(b) Go to the opera,
(c) Repair my car, or
(d) Take a long hike in the woods.”
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:01 pm to DirtyDawg
What is ‘edging’?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:03 pm to beachdude
Interesting Question.
I did fit you LW profile for a lot of my life, I was in a profession that was very closed, so I dealt with the same people day in and day out for years, and the job involved a lot of hours, so never even knew my neighbors.
The I retired and opened a retail business that had nothing to do with my past career. Retail means marketing, joining, speaking, radio, TV to promote your business. My friend circle expanded greatly.
The more you reach out to people, which I did as necessity for my business, the connected with people I like and respect.
I did fit you LW profile for a lot of my life, I was in a profession that was very closed, so I dealt with the same people day in and day out for years, and the job involved a lot of hours, so never even knew my neighbors.
The I retired and opened a retail business that had nothing to do with my past career. Retail means marketing, joining, speaking, radio, TV to promote your business. My friend circle expanded greatly.
The more you reach out to people, which I did as necessity for my business, the connected with people I like and respect.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:21 pm to momentoftruth87
Like the gruff detective in a movie, I work best alone.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:41 pm to momentoftruth87
Not a thing in the world wrong with Lone Wolfing it! Some of the finest people I have known were that way and I prefer them to some know it all blow hard any day. You seem like good people to me!
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