If I had too many friends, all of whom wanted to spend time with me, I wouldn't have any time left over to relax. Relaxing, for me, is being alone.
I can count my friends on one hand.
When I say friends I mean people I have a bond with, people I care about and enjoy spending time with, and who enjoy spending time with me. As opposed to aqaintances- people I see around and say hi to coz I know them but we don't actively seek each other out to spend time with, either because I'm not interested or because they don't seem interested.
Thats not to say I don't appreciate my friends. I really do. I love them all and knowing that some read this, I am writing this post specifically to attempt to communicate something which is difficult to express verbally.
Most of my friends are somewhat similar to me, and therefore understand my hermit mode because of that, or have just known me long enough that they're used to it. Although I have noticed that while they are used to it, or in some cases also have a 'hermit mode', they seem to misunderstand my reasons somewhat. Because their reasons are different.
Then there are those who havn't known me long enough or don't understand it at all, who may feel that I am avoiding them specifically or generally misunderstanding and I want to try n make this clear to all of them. I don't want people taking something personally when its not about them.
Yeah I know, how cliche... Its not you, its me.. But I'm not breaking up with y'all which is the whole point here so don't roll your eyes at me!
Anyways, I have prepared an image-assisted explanation. Please see below.
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I do hope this helps :)
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