Do you prefer company or alone time?

Other than Dana and the kitties, I am completely content on my own. Truthfully I don't like most other people. I don't have a lot in common with a lot of people and I find many of them fake.

I HAVE to have alone time.  I've always been this way.  When I was a kid if a friend spent the night 2 nights in a row or stayed too long the next day we would get into a fight.  I knew DH was the one when I could (and still can) be around him all the time without loosing my mind.  He gives me my space when I need it though.  But most of the time I love to be with him.  After he and DD go to bed I get "my" time.  I can't just go to bed when they do; no matter how tired I am.  I need alone time to unwind.  Mooch and Noodles can be with me; but sometimes Mooch is too overbearing.  She has to sit on top of me.  Most of the time it's fine.  It's when she's kneading and purring like crazy and trying to get in my face that I get all irritated.  Noodles is much less "in your face" when she wants loving. 

Alone but hubby at home at night.I'm a homebody too...I have no other choose as to be able to run around anymore because of disability but really I have been a homebody 4-ever....nerves don't help either...lol.

I am usually alone, not always by choice. I don't have many friends (As they've all married and moved off). It's hard for me to meet new people, so I am generally alone, unless I go out to visit my parents.

Virtually alone time?  I'm chatting, texting, emailing, teamspeak, etc but when I want to relax I don't want people over.

This is a difficult question for me to answer. And, as such, I didn't choose a response on the poll.

I am an individual who needs to be around others. I crave human companionship -- mostly in the form of conversation. And, if I am alone for any true length of time (I'm not talking hours or a couple of days here; I mean weeks, months, or years) I will find myself spiraling down into depression. Talking is one of the most effective ways I have to work through issues. If I were alone all the time, I would be left to my own thinking and to my own devices. And, that is not a healthy place for me to be. However, conversely, I'm not someone who is necessarily comfortable around others all of the time. I have a difficult time trusting people and struggle to find common ground with many of those who surround me. To not have any alone time would be just as detrimental to me as being completely isolated for long periods of time.

So, I suppose the true answer is that I lie somewhere in between. While I need human companionship, I also need time to be on my own -- be it completely alone or with my animals. Both too much time alone and too much time spent with others would be unwelcome and uncomfortable for me. A compromise between time for myself and time with others needs to be in place or else I become depressed, distressed, and agitated. As long as I remember that, I can handle down time and "on" time with much more ease and acceptance.

So, that's me in a nutshell. I'm a homebody who needs her alone time, but who also needs to have someone available to talk to and hang out with as needed. Ain't that a study in contradiction .

I can't choose one option, as my preference changes depending on my mood and the day. I love my alone time, when I'm home from work at 5pm and the BF doesn't get home until 9pm. I find I can just get so much done during those times, and it's just nice to have no distractions. But then there are other times where I just like to go out and be around all my friends. When I lived in Korea I lived by myself, so I got a lot of alone time, but after I got bored of that I'd go out for dinner with friends almost every night just for some human interaction and conversation. So for me, I like both! 

I spend time with friends and family but when I am alone with  Dexter and Isis, my life feels right. 

I'm a very "me" oriented person when it comes to spending time. I'd much rather spend time alone doing "me" things than to be with other people doing "us" things. I've always been a solitary person, even as a kid I prefered to play alone than with other kids. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy being around people, sometimes, but the vast majority of my time is spent in my own company.

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Originally Posted by Kailie 

Other than Dana and the kitties, I am completely content on my own. Truthfully I don't like most other people. I don't have a lot in common with a lot of people and I find many of them fake.

This for me too. I like being around DH, but I would rather spend time with just him than a lot of other people.

I love my alone time. Since DH works from home, I am rarely, if ever, at the house by myself and sometimes, it makes me a little nutty. I love DH like crazy and enjoy being around him, however, there are those times when I need complete solitude and that is hard to come by with 2 dogs and 5 cats. Every once in a while I hide in the bathroom and take a long bath....and just ignore the kitty paws sliding under the door. 

When I travel and end up alone in my hotel room, I think I'm in heaven.  Back home, it's just useless to hang a "do not disturb" sign on my bedroom door.  I like being alone. 

I love to be alone most of the time. I feel so much more comfortable and relaxed alone. But there are times when I crave human contact with a friend. I have discovered over the years that I don't need a lot of friends because most of them are not really that great of friends. I find that all I really need is one good friend who I can tell anything to, and enjoy spending time with. I have trust issues that keep me from trusting anyone too quickly because I have had a few friendships fall apart and have had "friends" turn on me, and walk all over me. High school and the first few years off college were really rough emotionally.

I also like to do stuff like shop alone, I may be surrounded by people but I don't know them and I have my alone time that way. If I am upset the most calming thing for me is to get out of the house and go grocery shopping, the fact that I have to think about what I need and what I can make with stuff and keeping it all under a budget takes my mind away and calms me. I know I'm weird.

I hate being alone hate it with a passion I like to be in company of people I think its because I feel so along at home becasue my mother refuses to speak to me and refuses to speak when im in the room so i try to get out as much as possible, this is why I love my job because there is always someone to chat to, I love my alone time with blaine but i just like being around a lot of people at once

There's just me and the cats at home but l have family and friends who pop over for coffee or ring for a chat most nights,  plus,   l have a busy social life as well but l do  love my quality time at home when i'm there

When my husband was alive he worked in finance so he was in bed early every night, so basically l spent much of my time on my own then. I've always said l won't have another man live with me because l have my own routine and having another person move in would spoil it 

It really depends. Rick goes away on union business several times a year and when he's gone, I love my alone-time. Even if I spend my time flopped on the couch with the cats and several good books, I'm fine with that. After a couple of days, though, I'm ready for him to come back home. And it's funny....when he is gone, that's when I don't want to be bothered with anybody. I tend to stay of the phone and I tend to stay away from people for the most part. I'll even take a day or two of vacation from work....it's my time. Most of the time, I'm doing housework or trying to do those tasks that I wouldn't normally do if he was home, like cleaning out bureau drawers or closet shelves. Experimenting in the kitchen.

We do tend to visit with friends often, though, and I enjoy that, too. We'll all go out to dinner or get together at one house for a night of games or playing cards and such, sometimes only once a month, but then we'll go through a spurt where we're with somebody every other week or so. Those times are always fun, too.

I love my husband and love spending time with him. I have to have my "alone time with cats" though. When I'm winding down, I want quiet. My dear husband tends to get chatty, so I usually stay up a little later than him.

As Charles Bukowski said " It's not that I dis-like people.I just feel better when they are not around."

I'm happiest when it's just me and my kitties, but I like being with people sometimes too.  When I completely alone, I find I get really bored.

The cats are the only ones who get me. We sit on the lounge chair all piled together watching TV. Even the dog has a space.