Inspired by Timeforme - Do you like to be alone?

[RickinNYC]

I'm a pretty social guy. I can talk to a door knob. No problems in terms of being shy at all. BUT, if given the opportunity to be alone if but for a little while, I will always jump at the chance.

I love to have the apartment to myself if Joe goes away for an evening visiting with friends or family. My friends usually tell me that "now's your chance to go out with us and not worry about being home early." Heck NO! I use that time to go out in Manhattan by myself, take me out for a sushi dinner, have some sake, stroll around book stores, maybe stop someplace for a martini on my home. Or I stay home, order in pizza and watch horror movies with my dog.

Me time is a good time!

 

[HugsForEeyore]

I love to be alone, sounds weird but true! Unfortunately for me, me enjoying being alone probably came from neccessity, as I was one of those kids who was always being bullied or teased, so being alone was the safest thing, since then no one bothered me! This preference has lasted throughout my adulthood, so probably won't change now. Even more so, growing up I always imagined myself as an adult living alone in my own place, with no one, and even today that still sounds great to me! I also love to travel alone, which surprised my coworkers. Who wants to go on vacation alone, they ask?? Well, me!!

Funny thing is, I don't want a job where I am alone too much. I had a job once working in a cubicle in the corner of a quiet office, where no one even walks by and I was alone for hours and hours. It was too much isolation and I HATED it, and quit. Nowadays I have a nice job with a good balance of coworkers and patrons, and I am far happier there!

Guess I prefer being alone in my down time, but on the job I like some company!

 

[goofygirl]

Ever since I was a pre-teen or so I said, "I just want to live alone with cats. I never want to live with a person , never get married, and never have a child."

Of course, I got the usual flack: "You're gonna be lonely, it's not normal (what IS "normal, anyway?!), you'll change your mind later!"

I am all grown up, and live alone with cats and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have total control of my home, it's quiet and I have everything to myself. I lived with a parent 20plus years of my life. I had my "fill" of living with someone!

I am a social butterfly outside the home, but I feel good knowing I can be social outside and come home to a nice quiet place where I can be alone.

So YES I love being alone! Nothing wrong with that!

 

[PixiePop]

I need my alone time too. Just to do what I want to do with no obligations.

 

[sweet angel]

I love my alone time, but sometimes I don't want to be alone and there's no one around to hang out with -- that can be lonely.

Generally speaking though, I'm an only child, so I had no choice but to learn to enjoy being alone and entertaining myself.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

I love me time! I especially love to shop by myself, no oen really understands that but I would much rather shop by myself than with someone else. My future MIL always wants me to go shopping with her, I think it's because she is lonelly sometimes but I would much rather shop on my own.

 

[sweetspicy]

Yes!! Maybe it's because I grew up as an only child or something, but I have to be alone at least a little part of the day or I just go crazy. In a way, it's kind of a good thing, because I don't feel like I need to be "with" somebody every second of the day. I know some people who are like that too.

 

[joshsmom]

My "alone time" is a treasure rarely enjoyed. I am the divorced mom of a 10 year old son. He needs my attention (and my taxi!) on many occasions. He's a great kid and not demanding of my every moment--but its rare that he is somewhere that I am not. In those moments that I do get alone, I relish them. I like sitting quietly and reading--without the TV, phone, and other distractions. I don't fear getting older without a SO--I look forward to "me time!"

 

[letterdavidman]

I LOVE being alone. My family doesn't understand it. My DD and her boyfriend are always trying to drag me out to some function with his family or the movies or a restaurant, and I REALLY, REALLY enjoy my alone time.

I'm not anti-social, I just enjoy spending time by myself.

Do you like to be alone?

Yes!

And, FWIW, I do think I'm a tad anti-social. Okay. More than a tad.

I like nothing better than to be alone with a good book, alone on the computer, or alone in front of the television.

Life would be a lot easier were I more of a people person.

 

[Tantor]

I love it once in a while

 

[pearlieq]

I LOVE being alone and really don't function well if I don't get enough alone time.

People have always thought I was sad, miserable, anti-social, or something when I just wanted to be left alone for a while. I've never felt that way. I'm just very comfortable in my own company!

 

[miss missy]

OMG yes!!!!! I do so much! And my Dad does too. We are always gripping when a spouse takes the day off He is retired and says the best part of his day is watching his wife's car leave for work and he's not kidding!

I love it too! I think it is a disease LOL!

DD has time alone now and again too and she loves it too, we are like uh oh here we go!

 

[pearlieq]

I'm a pretty social guy. I can talk to a door knob.

You know, I know a few people like that and I've always been so grateful for them! It's always nice to have a few folks like that at a party--everyone has such a great time. It's a very valuable service to provide to the world.

I've never been like that. I'm friendly and generally enjoy being social, but I love those folks that can strike up an animated conversation with a brick wall!

 

[JunieJay]

I'm a pretty social guy. I can talk to a door knob. No problems in terms of being shy at all. BUT, if given the opportunity to be alone if but for a little while, I will always jump at the chance.

I love to have the apartment to myself if Joe goes away for an evening visiting with friends or family. My friends usually tell me that "now's your chance to go out with us and not worry about being home early." Heck NO! I use that time to go out in Manhattan by myself, take me out for a sushi dinner, have some sake, stroll around book stores, maybe stop someplace for a martini on my home. Or I stay home, order in pizza and watch horror movies with my dog.

Me time is a good time!

That describes me to a T (well not the watching horror movies with my dog part! ).

One of my most favorite times of the year is the end of the school year where DH traditionally takes the boys to see their cousins in Ohio. They go fishing and hiking and camping, all the things I'd rather eat rusty nails than do. I use that time to take leisurely trips to the bookstore - one of my most favorite places to be. I love going out to eat by myself, or going to the movies by myself. Friends are often horrified, thinking I am without my family and need their company. I've had to be point blank blunt and tell them no, I really DON'T want any company. Its rejuvinating for me to be alone, but some people just don't get this.

 

[thewishfire]

I love love love my alone time! It's essential to my happiness. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy going out with my friends and family, but I need to be alone and just 'be' sometimes.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

Absolutely. I enjoy being alone with my thoughts sometimes. I am constantly telling my wife that it is ok if she wants to spend a Friday night out with her friends once in a while. I really need to find a hobby that will give me an hour or two a night to be by myself.

 

[Aidensmom]

I NEED alone time, every day. I spend time walking the dog, running, reading in a room by myself with the door shut, etc. It makes me anxious to constantly be around other people, even if it is just my family. About once a week I also try to go out and do something alone, like go shopping, out to eat, to the movies, etc.

 

[TimeforMe]

I think if I lived alone, I would be terribly lonely. But seeing that I have 2 teenagers and a boisterous DH (and a dog), I am never lonely. We seem to always have something going on here for some reason. A few times I've come home to my kids' friends and they weren't even home.

Anyway.....yes I treasure my alone time greatly. I love knowing when I will have the house to myself. I feel like a teenager must feel when the parents go out. It always seems to go by so fast though.

 

[GeorgeG]

Some time alone is a good thing. I can be alone for hours, even days at a time.

 

[JoyG]

I like to take my "alone time" in the middle of a crowd of people!

I don't like being alone, but I don't mind being by myself...I enjoy shopping by myself and my all-time-favorite-activity is reading in the coffee cafe of a bookstore...so when I do that, I'm alone but not lonely.

I don't enjoy being in the house by myself for long periods of time. I don't mind it for a few hours if dh has the kids, but I do get lonely.

DH is always encouraging me to take a break and go away for a weekend to relax and get away from the kids. I always say NO WAY! What fun would that be without the family?!