Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

I would say that I am an extreme extrovert with very strong introvert tendencies, does that make sense? I like people, and I am not shy, except for when it comes to dealing with a man that I am in love with or something. I can talk to anyone, at anytime. I love communicating with people. I like being around people, love parties, love to hang out, but... I have to have my alone time. I crave my own space. I love being at home. Love it.

People often called me anti-social, which is nonsense. They are just mad because I won't go somewhere when they want me to. I just like my space, and I protect my alone time with a fierceness that some might call extreme, but I call it necessary, because I learned a long time ago that people will run you ragged and try to boss you around like they own you if you let them. I don't let them.

 

Are they forcing you to go out with them even when you said no? I guess simply saying that you don't want to go isn't enough, you also have to invent an excuse, like you're not feeling well or something, so that they can't force you anymore.

 

I would consider myself to be an introvert. I am very quiet. I don't talk very much. I have a handful of friends that I keep in touch with on a regular basis but that is it. I prefer to do things on my own or with 1 or 2 people. I am not considered a social butterfly. Everyone always ask me why I am so quiet. I just don't have a lot to say.

 

Yes, some people will try to force me to go places with them even if I don't want to go. Just because they want to "hang out", they think that everyone should feel that same desire to hang out, and that is just not the case.
Some of my friends find staying at home boring, but my home is my favorite place to be. I like to decorate and do my Martha Stewart thing (love her). Taking care of a home is a job, and as with all jobs, certain people like certain jobs and others don't.

Most times I will simply say no to someone when they "insist" that I leave my house and come over to their house to hang out, or meet up and go have a drink. I'll tell them, no, I feel like staying home. I feel that I have been blessed with a pretty strong will when it comes to certain things, so I don't usually have to resort to making up stories to get out of doing something that I don't feel like doing.

 

Well at least you're lucky that you have understanding friends. Because sometimes, people can be unreasonable and they can't take a no, so they resent you for telling the truth.

 

Thanks, I had a Corsa just like that one, I sold it about two years ago because I just could no longer afford to have two cars anymore.

 

I see, well I hope the price that you assigned to it when you sold it was enough not to make you shortchanged.

 

I have some "friends" like that, who resent hearing the truth, especially when that truth is not aligned with what they want to hear. My true friends are understanding, but even they can get upset if they want to hang out and I want to do something else. I just look at it like, "it's nice to be loved."

I think it is a good thing to tell someone "no", because to me that gives them permission to say "no" back to you sometimes when they really need to.

 

I'm definitely an introvert. I've been this way for a long long time and don't see myself changing. I prefer to be in my own company doing my own thing. I can't stand being around large groups of people even if they are family.

 

Hey! No, I don't like talking on the phone anymore as well, for some reason talking on the phone for me sounds usper forced and shall I dare to say it? Drained! I just see it more as a chore than anything else. I don't like calling peolple either, I'm afraid I could be interrupting them or something like that. My guy doesn't like talking a lot on the phone either, lol! He doesn't like talk a lot, he's more into texting tho Not a very verbal person!

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Same here! I don't like talking too much, and to be honest saying hi when I see someone I know in the street causes me some anxiety. I might be suffering from social anxiety Not cool, even making a call is hard enough, lol. Most things that involve social interaction are such a drain for me.

 

Yeah I also feel drained talking on the phone, and you assuming that calling people would bother them is such a Piscean trait, lol I think that way as well too! But let's admit it, we kind of think that phone calls are quite a disturbance ourselves, so we tend to not call in the process. There were also times that I had to make my family lie when they answer the phone since I don't feel like talking to that person!

 

I basically am both. I know that sounds funny but the fact is given a choice, I would like to stay in and stay alone. However, my job profile is such that I have to go out and meet people. So, I have to take the effort to meet and socialize.

Over a period of time, it has become second nature however even today I would prefer my privacy and my silence. So, I guess that makes me both introvert and extrovert. Correct?

 

Lol, I had no idea! I just thought I was kinda weird It's kinda funny, because when I was younger I liked to make calls and be called as well, lol. But I was a teen... I really didn't care about a lot stuff! I wasn't thinking much back then. It's amazing to see how much my personality has changed! I used to troll people over the internet back then, and loved to start flame wars on forums Now I'm all the opposite! I can't believe I did that, and I just can't understand it! Now I'm very reserved to the point I'm a total introvert

Yeah, I like calling only when I feel it's truly necessary! But when someone calls me I try to be as polite as possible, and rarely cut the call! I wait until they're done talking When I hear the phone ringing... I never get it That was a problem for my mom... she told me not to do that! I still do it tho, but only when I know there is someone else in the house who can get it.

 

Same here, when I was a teen, I like to call and be called, but now, not anymore. Like my friend said, long unimportant calls are strictly for teenagers. So true. Now I noticed that I never call anyone unless it's important. And I also wait for the person that called to hang up, I read before that part of telephone courtesy is that if you called, you should be the one to end it. So true. You guys should install caller id in your landline, so that you can safely ignore the phone call if you don't want to talk to the person.

 

Lots changes We used to have that service before, but we changed from company and everything ended up totally messed up! I'll get one of those once I move to the Netherlands (if I ever move there, lol). I'm not mean or anything, I'm just extremely introverted I have never read about a telephone courtesy, but what you said has a lot sense! So, I guess my manners are not as bad as I thought they were after all! I think we, as pisces, then to be like that

 

Yeah, it's actually written on several websites that Pisces people don't really like to "bother" people in general, that's why we don't initiate calling. And if that's the case, then never give out your landline for personal reasons, just give them for business or work reasons only to be sure that every call that you receive is important.

 

Oh, you know? I don't even like using a mobile phone, I don't see the point of that. I barely use the phone or talk on the phone, and I really don't see myself texting or calling someone unless it's completely necessary I'd love to check that web site! Do they mention other astrological signs as well?

 

I used to be extremely shy, but I started to become more social over time and now I can talk to anyone! Now I don't care much what people think of me, as long as I'm myself I'm happy. However, if I'm out somewhere and I meet someone who isn't really trying to keep the conversation going when I am, then I stop.

 

Same here! Do you now prefer reading or surfing the net over talking on the phone? Then we think the same! Here's the site that I go to, it lists all the other traits other signs have as well: http://www.cyberspacei.com/englishwiz/library/names/zodiac/contents.htm

 

I very much prefer doing both: searching the web and reading over talking on the phone By the way, I just checked the site you sent me, and I found this part to be very true:

I haven't read the rest but I will later

 

Are you describing the Pisces or Taurus guy? And don't you find Linda Goodman's way of writing unique? It's like she's telling a story, lol. I already have an ebook of Sun Signs and her other ebook, Love Signs.