How is your social life right now?

[Kekeb]

mumble

[Pseudo Enigma]

Originally Posted by Ohaider

Making an effort to reach out and hangout with buddies here and there, even though I don't particularly want to. I'd rather stay in

this is pretty much how it is for me.

Originally Posted by Ohaider

someone that has a lot in common with me would just want to sit around watching netflix and playing around with music stuff all day every day

get your ass down here

[smartdude1212]

Considering how busy I am with school these days, I'm surprised that I've strung together a so-called "social life." Oddly enough, ever since I adopted an overwhelmingly blasé attitude toward social interaction, that part of my life has flourished more than ever. I spend the majority of my weekdays with my hilarious math friend (we keep each other insane), and I talk to several other people I know at the university on a daily basis. Thursday nights are devoted to pub trivia, so I see an entirely different group of friends/acquaintances there, and then weekends are set aside for my non-university friends (when I'm not doing homework or sleeping at bizarre hours).

It's a great balance, even if I don't see some people for months at a time. Whenever breaks come along, I'm able to hang out with everyone... except for Reading Week next week, where I'll be in Disney World instead.

I'm a little freaked out about heading to grad school next semester, since I'll be abandoning literally everyone. I'm secretly yearning for an offer from SFU so I can be a new member of the VancouFFR group... or, I can go to Waterloo and be close enough to Rob to annoy the shit out of him. :twi lite:

[One Winged Angel]

I'll understand if you get offers from both schools and ultimately choose SFU over Waterloo, but I'll still be pretty rattled.

I heard tons of people at Waterloo have gambling addictions and are willing to play almost any game for money. We could easily hustle iSketch.

[smartdude1212]

COLANDERrrrr

[Poison-]

Other than not being able to go out with my friends on Friday and Saturday nights because of work, it's pretty good. I see my friends during the week and we hangout all the time. Going to the gym with friends also helps.

[RNGRX]

fuck society

[Jimmymi]

its good!

[awein999]

need new friends, gonna join a club.

[JohnRedWolf87]

My social life's okay, I suppose. I'm also an introvert, so I don't hang out with people often unless invited. Weekdays are mostly spent working, and I'm on a "hello" basis with my co-workers/supervisors. They're a fun bunch, though.

On weekends, I sometimes hang out with friends, whenever we have game night or D&D night. I always spend at least one day of the weekend with my family, where we eat dinner and watch a movie.

Online, there's FFR and Facebook, and I have one close friend from New York who I talk to on a regular basis (guitar_hoodlum on FFR).

No girlfriend, and no prospects thus far, but I'm okay with that.
My condoms expire in April, though. FFFFFUUUUUU-!

[xxXitsunexx]

My social life is non-existent now because I moved to Thailand from Australia. I don't have any friends AT ALL here in Thailand so I rely on talking to FFR peeps on skype or irl friends through Facebook. Before I moved back Thailand though, everyone in the school I went to knew me. I had a wonderful social life there and never felt so close to society before.

Now I'm just lonely. RIP social life :/

[Tim Allen]

The last time I met up with a friend was in 2010 back in high school goddamn now all I do is Skype

[Cavernio]

Not as social as I'd be happiest being, but still occasionally manage to enjoy spending time with people. Doing activities that are interactive in any, way, shape or form helps that a lot.

[Coolboyrulez0]

Superb. From meeting new people on the bus commute or in the city all the way to the solid friends in school. Feel like I wasted probably the first 18 or so years of my life being too introverted but am catching up now

[Alioth]

My social life is pretty okay for now. Can't really complain about it, but I would like to broaden my horizons as far as trustworthy people go. Other than that...I talk to my friends in real life once in a blue moon and spend most of my time being independent XD

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

Feel like I wasted probably the first 18 or so years of my life being too introverted but am catching up now

Just for clarification, this isn't an inherent trait of introversion. You can be social and be introverted.

Introversion is "the state of or tendency toward being wholly or predominantly concerned with and interested in one's own mental life/

Introversion is not the same thing as shyness but it is often mistaken as such by extraverts. Introverts prefer solitary activities over social ones, whereas shy people (who may be extraverts at heart) avoid social encounters out of fear

[andy-o24]

My mental health is way too messed up to be an introvert. I guess I'm shy. Thanks, Izzy.

-o24

[Izzy]

I'm sure you can be fucked up in the head and be introverted. You can also be both.

[benguino]

I get really lonely really quickly (v)> I nearly always desire to be in the presence of other people, whether that be online or in person. Of course, like anybody else, sometimes I do need a bit of "alone time." Being in college helps a lot since I get to see people I know and can talk/hand with at least 5 days a week (typically between classes). There are these tables outside the library with electrical outlets so that makes it a nice place to hang out with people However, I would like to "go out" more often and do things other than just hang out on campus because I suck at scheduling common meeting times with people (there is one friend though who I spontaneously "go out" with, she calls me her "adventure buddy".)

Anyways, Skype is a good tool for when I want to spontaneously talk with people and such which fulfills my social desires to some extent However, after some point, even Skype won't cut it; I need to get out of the house at least once in awhile or else I'd go insane :P

(Also, random note, doesn't have much to do with this topic but it occurred to me as I was typing this post. Does anyone else have the issue of people you can't remember saying "hi" to you? Whenever I walk around school, there are people that are like "Hey Reuben!" and I exchange a "hey" back but I don't even know who they there (although they may seem familiar).)

[Tps222]

I only socialize for as much time as it takes to justify the amount of time I'd prefer to spend alone doing things I solely enjoy. It isn't an obligation as much as a feeling of balance; I don't enjoy either if i'm neglecting one area for the other.