[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', 'T')he marvelous venue of social media shining bright this morning here at PO.com.

Get a frigging life you guys!

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', '
')...potential new members.

[onlooker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', '
')...potential new members.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('baha', 'I') have been anti-social all my life. I have never felt like part of a group. I have no patience with stupidity and usually just walk away.

I have no kids, never been to a school open house, and have always avoided my neighbors. My need for self-reliance makes it hard for me to even admit there is a reason to take people inside my circle, so I don't. And the last thing I want to do is admit I need help. Even when I do.

My experience with others is they recognize my capabilities and then want me to help them. I don't want to do that either. I feel I'm being taken advantage of. Because others find it so easy to ask for help and I find it so offensive.

As I've said before my one guaranteed emotional release is to wander off into the woods. I have only met maybe two people who feel that way as strongly as I do...I married one of them.

The shallow opinions and lack of insight most people have just puts me off. I don't even bother to engage because they think I'm crazy. By modern standards I am.

I am not losing my organic social connections because I never had any. Except with Mother Nature. I prefer to be alone.

The tenuous connection I have with the folks here is as good as I get. I don't get involved in most discussions because I just don't care. And yet I respect the people here more than most idiots I meet in the real world. At least we are not hiding from whatever reality is being discussed.

And I am using you as a sounding board. I am really just trying to understand myself. What should I do next to keep myself engaged?

Thank you for your honesty and support.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('baha', 'I') have been anti-social all my life. I have never felt like part of a group. I have no patience with stupidity and usually just walk away.

I have no kids, never been to a school open house, and have always avoided my neighbors. My need for self-reliance makes it hard for me to even admit there is a reason to take people inside my circle, so I don't. And the last thing I want to do is admit I need help. Even when I do.

My experience with others is they recognize my capabilities and then want me to help them. I don't want to do that either. I feel I'm being taken advantage of. Because others find it so easy to ask for help and I find it so offensive.

As I've said before my one guaranteed emotional release is to wander off into the woods. I have only met maybe two people who feel that way as strongly as I do...I married one of them.

The shallow opinions and lack of insight most people have just puts me off. I don't even bother to engage because they think I'm crazy. By modern standards I am.

I am not losing my organic social connections because I never had any. Except with Mother Nature. I prefer to be alone.

The tenuous connection I have with the folks here is as good as I get. I don't get involved in most discussions because I just don't care. And yet I respect the people here more than most idiots I meet in the real world. At least we are not hiding from whatever reality is being discussed.

And I am using you as a sounding board. I am really just trying to understand myself. What should I do next to keep myself engaged?

Thank you for your honesty and support.

[Newfie]

I like alone, except for my Wife.

I am actually a bit social and do enjoy being with folks for a limited time.

My Wife is actually more reclusive than I am, I’m the social butterfly in our hovel.

Not bragging or complaining, just the way we are wired