thanks again for the well wishes all...
I like my soilitude...
I'm the same way. The irony is, it's a completely foreign concept to many of my friends and relatives. They think that if I don't talk to them on a nigh-constant basis, that I'll somehow be hurt, or worse, when I'm perfectly content to just be by myself. If I wanna go out, I'll go out, and I have zero problem going to a restaurant and/or movie by myself. Less listening to others bitch about their lives, and I don't get armchair quarterbacked into doing things I don't want to do.
I've long since grown tired of trying to explain to everyone that I just wanna be alone with my own thoughts most of the time, and I have no problem with people just leaving me be. Never did like small talk either, and I've gotten into quite a few disagreements where people wonder why I don't do 2-hour long mind-blowing conversations when a simple 5-minute chat will do. What free time I have is valuable to me, and I'd like to spend it living my life, and not listening to someone bitch for 45 minutes about how their life sucks, how their job is tough and their coworkers aren't doing their stuff. Seriously, being an IT guy, my free time is extremely valuable to me, and I'd like to spend time doing things that give me satisfaction, and not listen to someone bitch and moan for 45 minutes 4 times a week about how their life sucks, as if spending 9 hours+ a day fixing other people and hearing them bitch about their computer problems wasn't enough incentive to just become a hermit.
OK, I'm done with my mini rant. I'll now de-threadjack this