If a Party Were Held For Introverts, Would Anyone Show Up? (Or Would the Extroverts Crash the Party?)

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ArtsieSteph

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I'm like...an introvert that is needy. I want interaction but only to a point, and find myself craving time at home to recharge. Home tends to be the place where I can finally relax.
 

ArtsieSteph

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Oh also in answer to the original post title: yes. But the introvert party would be online via twitch or discord or something. That way you can mute yourself, mute your video if you wanted to, and/or play videogames during and then leave whenever you wanted. Plus your own snacks and the comfort of your own home.
 

oyster67

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Hey Everyone,

I've been thinking a lot lately about introverts vs. extroverts and am wondering what all of your experiences have been.

I wrote in another post that I never really identified with either term until a few years ago, when I started to realize that I seemed to relate to the traits of introverts much more than extroverts. If anyone remembers the old Fantastic Four movies, there's a scene in which Susan Storm (played by Jessica Alba) is throwing all her strength into keeping up a force field, and it takes such a toll on her body that her nose starts to bleed profusely.

This is also how I feel when I'm pulled in too many directions, too often, and by too many people -- it starts to feel as if my soul is on the verge of a breaking into a massive hemorrhage.

I realize that many times in life, we have no choice (such as with work), but I'm also realizing that sometimes my lack of energy around socially demanding situations can keep me from obeying God's will for my life. I had a recent situation in which I was invited to a church event and declined, only to feel the next day that God was saying I should have put my own feelings aside and gone.

And so, I'm wondering how you all classify yourselves and how it affects your life.

* Are you an introvert or extrovert, and how did you realize it? What is your own personal definition of being an introvert or an extrovert?

* Did you grow up in a family of introverts or extroverts (were they the same as you, or the opposite of you), and did it help or hurt you?

* Do you feel uncomfortable around your opposites? (Are introverts uncomfortable around extroverts, and are extroverts uncomfortable around introverts?)

* How does being an introvert or extrovert affect your decisions when searching for a spouse, and would you want a spouse who was in the same category as you, or the opposite?

And, as a bonus question:

* Do you think being an introvert or extrovert changes over time? Sometimes back and forth?

This is something I'm pondering for my own self as well. I have often wondered if I started out as an extrovert but that some of life's challenges made it feel safer to retreat into a shell.

Thank you for sharing and I'll be very interested in reading your stories.
Isaiah 53
53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

That is the way I want to be. I was very quiet as a child, but now I am become a bigmouth. I feel that I sometimes miss out on things because I don't listen enough anymore.
 

Lynx

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Eight pages... Not only has this thread lasted longer than any actual introvert party would last, but even reading the whole thread would take longer than an introvert party. :LOL:
 

Ruby123

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I thought this party was over, or has it started up again......

 
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I am an introvert, the idea of interaction with people or at a large event appalls me. You will generally find home alone in this bedroom on the computer or sewing machine. I do love road trips exploring towns and villages, and museums , art galleries. So to be invited to a party, I probably wouldn't turn up.
 

Ruby123

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When social distancing is over, will this CC party still be going ahead??
 
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Susanna

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Right now, its a party for one.......



People from down under know how to keep a party going😁.

I remember in Melbourne once...umm...on second thought I don’t remember😂...maybe it was Darwin? Lol. What’s that stove on top of the country?
 

Ruby123

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People from down under know how to keep a party going😁.

I remember in Melbourne once...umm...on second thought I don’t remember😂...maybe it was Darwin? Lol. What’s that stove on top of the country?
What is stove on top of country mean Susanna??
 

Ruby123

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An insanely hot city😁. As in warm...or in hot😁
In WA it is north so the Pilbarra where the heat can send you insane if you don't have air con. I don't know what the hottest place is in the east.
 

Lanolin

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Perth is as far away from anyone that you can get....
 

Lanolin

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party at everyone's own homes! yay!!!!
Its like a dream come true...and I dont even need to drive to church. I can go in my pyjamas.
 

G00WZ

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Pretty much sums up my reaction to large social gatherings.
 

Ruby123

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Well we are slowly being allowed to gather again in small groups although we are to maintain social distancing.