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[nrchst]

I'm a far-to-the-left Thinker (70%+), and I find that with extended periods of social interaction, I reach a boiling point. Too many feelings and not enough me-time means I'm like an overheated computer awaiting one my fans to break. In these sort of situations it's easy enough to make an excuse and be off, but I know that time is coming because my

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[bronxelf_ag001]

Im much higher on the T scale. I generally get 92-98%.

I don't really need a clever way to bow out. I just tell the truth- that I'm peopled out, and go home.

[shhhquietplease]

First, I keep one or two friends at a time- period. I do not juggle anymore than that, I do not trust anymore than that. By "friends," I mean what most people call "best friends." I don't make a distinction because if they're not the best, I don't see a reason to spend too much time on them. If they're not someone that I feel I couldn't live the same without, they're an acquaintance. I don't have more than one or two because with how much I devote myself to these few, I don't feel like there's room in me for more than that

[mspurrmeow]

I do attend social situations. I do tell people ahead of time that I might leave after an hour. Good people understand that. I have found that some situations are actually far less stressful to stay long hours after I've already given myself permission to bail out after an hour. Sounds backwards, but it has worked.

I use to worry a lot about being polite and finding the right way to "bow out" when I hit my social limit. I don't anymore. I will finish a conversation that I am in, then just pack up and go home. Usually I stare at a computer game for several minutes to an hour to rebalance.

[saturnfall]

I've used our mad INTJ skills to fake being social for so long that now it comes to me naturally. I also find a few good 7 and Sevens help tremendously.

[niblik]

Yep. I prefer Black & Tans.

[malterre]

Social lubricant, it works

[dannygirl3]

I attend what's mandatory and opt out of the rest. I was cursed into a family who's members were all born within two weeks of Christmas (excluding myself and my mother).

The general relay goes a little like this:

Birthday,
Christmas Eve,
Birthday on Christmas,
Christmas itself,
Birthday,
Birthday on New Years Eve,
Birthday on New Years Eve (a second one),
New Years Eve itself,
Birthday on New Years Day,
New Years Day itself.

This is all immediate family. For the first two decades of my life, I was badgered into attending every single event and at the end of it all I felt much like your computer analogy (and wouldn't want to interact with anyone for several days after). In the end, for my own preservation, I had to rank the each event by order of importance and cut out those that took less precedence.

Now my holiday calendar looks something like this:

Birthday
(I go to this because it's my sister.)
Christmas Eve,
(Close enough to Christmas that it's irrelevant; I'd see the same people the next day.)
Birthday on

[nederlandergirl]

Oh my god! Is that a coincidence? Were the children timed to be born then?

[dannygirl3]

I think they're just highly susceptible to Spring Fever ;)