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Unfortunately, it seems like in the "old days", it was ok - maybe encouraged - to be introverted. We've lost that with increasing new technology and "ways to c

• norea-armozel 10y ago
  Same here but for me it's more that I'm a very shy person. It seems that the world can only have one kind of person in it and that person has to be ready to say hi, shake hands, and invite the other person/people to dinner every other weekend; no alone time allowed. Honestly, I just have to wonder what a kid with a similar temperament like me is feeling. It really has to be a terrible situation tbh.
  • marmot1101 10y ago
    I'm in the middle of the spectrum myself. I'm happy to say hi, shake hands, but I need my alone time. I have plenty of friends and they all get it. I could disappear off the map and be a hermit if that's what I really wanted to do. But in the interest of not being without friends I make time to do both. My son is in college and it's a struggle for him. He wants friends but doesn't want to gladhand to meet people. I get it, but you can't have met friends without meeting people.