The introvert's social dilemma
Thanks to Georgina for the link to this article about introverts and socialising. So true, and so amusing. Here's a snippet:
But an introvert's dilemma is that we might not get a lot of invitations for the kind of socializing we like to do, which is the kind of socializing other introverts like to do. Because, let’s face it: we’re introverts. We’re probably all at home waiting to be invited to do introvert things. Which means of course, that none of us are getting the invitations we want.
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... The kind of people you want to hang out with are the kind of people who are perfectly happy hanging out alone.
Except after a while, even introverts are ready to get a little quality face time. And so there we all sit, in our rooms, waiting for an invitation that sounds just right to drift over the transom ...