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In the discussion thread: The older I get the more I don't enjoy being around people very much. [View all]

Response to Speck Tater (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:04 PM

Peregrine Took (4,153 posts)

19. I guess I'm needier than you are but I'm trying to change!

I have to learn to like myself more. I just feel I'm missing something - not having close friends.

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61 replies	Author	Time	Post
The older I get the more I don't enjoy being around people very much. [View all]	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	OP
Are you really me? You sound exactlly like me. My wife and I have one	teddy51	Dec 2011	#1
Right age range. Are we just harder to get along with in this decade?	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#13
Yes! Gotta run right now, but will be back to edit this with more later...	NRaleighLiberal	Dec 2011	#2
Yes.	LiberalAndProud	Dec 2011	#3
Well said.	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#14
I'm the same way...	StarlightGold	Jan 2012	#36
I'm grateful to time. As time passed, I became more outspoken (thank goodness)	Sarah Ibarruri	Dec 2011	#4
Laughter is a great ice breaker and it soothes ever conversational "oddities."	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#15
Practicing laughter might not be a bad idea!!! Particularly if you love Leah Ramini :)	Sarah Ibarruri	Dec 2011	#25
I have been an outsider most of my life. Have changed my expectations of "... a close social group."	patrice	Dec 2011	#5
Maybe you are younger....when I was young I had lots of acquaintances...	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#16
Sounds a lot like my husband and me	nadine_mn	Dec 2011	#6
I know what you mean about that BFF to do things with...	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#17
Leave me with my dogs and I'm fine, even on a bad day. People, not so much. eom	Purveyor	Dec 2011	#7
I guess I would be considered a terrible person but I do prefer animals to people ++++	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#18
My worst day with my dogs (ie total mayhem/destruction of sofa) is better than my best day w/ humans	nadine_mn	Dec 2011	#20
I worked for a woman who saw them as just animals.	CrispyQ	Dec 2011	#28
Sounds like me with my cat! My cat and I are best of friends.	RKP5637	Jan 2012	#34
ditto. n/t.	okieinpain	Dec 2011	#8
I'm the same way.	Speck Tater	Dec 2011	#9
I guess I'm needier than you are but I'm trying to change!	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#19
Maybe I forogt to mention this, but I DO have a teddy bear. :) nt	Speck Tater	Dec 2011	#24
You're lucky to live fairly close to your sibs/mother	shanti	Dec 2011	#26
Thanks.	russspeakeasy	Dec 2011	#10
I don't mind humanity all that much, it's people that get on my last nerve. I have little	monmouth	Dec 2011	#11
Obviously I'm of two minds. I'm a loner all my life but I wish I had a few close friends.	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#22
I understand.	eilen	Dec 2011	#12
I can echo much of what you say - esp hot/cold	nadine_mn	Dec 2011	#21
Restaurants are a much easier get together, I agree.	Peregrine Took	Dec 2011	#23
We must have been separated at birth!	FLyellowdog	Dec 2011	#30
Well, then I am in trouble, because you sound just like me and I am 29.	iris27	Dec 2011	#27
Wow.......others just like me......:)	Scottybeamer70	Dec 2011	#29
WOW...didn't realize there were so many of us...	Zoigal	Dec 2011	#31
We don't do holidays.	CrispyQ	Dec 2011	#32
I think sometimes one reaches the point where they get tired of the BS in life. It seems	RKP5637	Jan 2012	#33
Wow, you all sound like me.	Still Blue in PDX	Jan 2012	#35
I'm 26...	LoveMeLoveYou	Feb 2012	#37
I have never liked people very much.	MadrasT	Feb 2012	#38
I'm much younger, but I feel much the same.	shcrane71	Feb 2012	#39
My experiences with people horrify and scar me.. people where I live anyway.	stuntcat	Feb 2012	#40
I "divorced" my entire toxic family years ago...it's been great!	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#41
I have "divorced" everyone on my life who is toxic.	MadrasT	Feb 2012	#42
Makes a hell of a difference, doesn't it?	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#43
Unfortunately I am still a corporate wage slave.	MadrasT	Feb 2012	#44
I'm so glad for the internet	stuntcat	Feb 2012	#45
what took you so long to figure it out?	Skittles	Jun 2012	#46
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Interesting thread,	Trunk Monkey	Aug 2012	#60
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