Reply #27: Very happy -- and hello again!

[silverweb]

Haven't checked back into this group in quite a while. Nice to see you're all still here. :)

I've been living alone in my rented casita with books, computer, patio garden, and four cats for more than 2-1/2 years now ... and I've never been happier. A week visiting family last month reminded me of how much I really do love my life just this way.

People are available whenever I feel like interacting, but I'm quite content to go for days at a time without seeing another human being except through the window.

I wandered back to this group tonight because a family member had commented that my lifestyle is "selfish" -- and I was curious to see if other loners have had similar comments.

Is a preference for solitude innately "selfish" and, if it is, does that necessarily make it wrong? :shrug: