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My sister is fairly extrovert, she gets energy from being with others. I'm a fairly typical introvert. Before kids she used to have parties with her ever-incre
by magicalhippo 2y ago
My sister is fairly extrovert, she gets energy from being with others. I'm a fairly typical introvert.
Before kids she used to have parties with her ever-increasing circle of friends. She'd invite me, and I'd often say yes but as the day approached I had to force myself to go.
One day, after one of her parties, she told me "everyone really likes it when you come, you're so good at making people feel seen".
I hadn't thought about it before, but realized that I do tend to chat with most people. And I do ask perhaps non-typical "party questions", as I love to learn about new stuff so I like to find out what others are interested in and talk about that.
Almost always I enjoy these events. However after such an even I'm so exhausted, and need a day or three on my own. If I don't get that then things don't go well.