I love people. Really.
Just scanned the introvert quiz posted by thefirstalicat and was unsurprised to see I scored relatively high. However, there were a few items that were not only not true for me, but were an emphatic "no
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Quite seriously - you don't have to tick *every single thing* in order to qualify. And I wasn't sure which column you were placing this into, but "It's actually quite hard to get me to shut up when I'm chattering along with people I like on subjects that interest me" is classic, classic introvert.
Introversion/extroversion isn't precisely about how you get along or don't with other people. It's more about where you get your energy from - what kinds of encounters feed you, or drain you.
A one-on-one encounter, talking about something that interests you? Energy off the charts. A one-on-one encounter talking about something vapid, with no depth, that is nowhere near your interest groups? It's practically guaranteed to frustrate and drain you. Multiply that one-on-one by a party, and you have instant!stress, which equals just-find-me-a-goddamn-cave-already-and-shut-the-freaking-door.
Yeah, parenting as an introvert isn't the easiest thing in the world - there's plenty of times when I just want to be left alone, and they need my attention, and I won't lie, it's incredibly draining. But that's life, and you learn to deal.
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