For the love of Introverts

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I always end up dating introverts. I think it's because they can handle my gum-flapping.

Occasionally they just nod their head and make me feel stupid. It's cute...to a point.
 
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Introverted ladies fawning over Jane Austen. Could this thread get more stereotypical?

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O.O You can tell just by the silhouette that it's Jane Austen? That is incredible.
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Introvert doesn't mean "shy." It means we re-energize from solitude. (We're doing it now!) Extroverts re-energize from people. We're just not that.

(Also why you'll find many introverts online, but not many extroverts. We're not anti-social. We simply get no benefits from social situations, and it depletes us the longer we're in them, because we have to try so hard. The opposite is true for extroverts. They get depleted without others around, and they have to try to be alone.)
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Yes, I would have to agree. I mean, sure, there are shy introverts out there, but "introvert" and "shy" are not interchangeable words.

I used to be shy and very awkward. Now I'm just awkward :p I actually love talking. On and on and on. In different accents. About anything and nothing in particular. The catch is, it has to be with someone who I know isn't bothered by my rambling. Otherwise I just feel like I'm being a nuisance or like I'm full of nonsense.

Thus, I save most of my physical chatter for my closer friends, for when I want to talk to other, less diverse introverts, and for emergencies.

But of course, like you say, that doesn't keep me from making my presence known online.
 
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Not everyone who is introverted is also shy. But those who are shy are certainly introverted.

Unless you go by super hairsplitting psychometic hoo-ha that would say in theory an extrovert could be shy. But that'd be super rare. Possibly psychotic.
 
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I think she was in my highschool...
 
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Dumb question but how does one pretend to be an extrovert?
 
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I knew one girl named Jane
She was really cute
Her intellect was a soft rain
All my points were moot

Edited papers together, we
It seemed fate's arc would bend
Years later Jane forgot me
Infatuation-end

A true story. :p


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I think she was in my highschool...
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Forget about yourself...
 
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I've known some introverts try to act like extroverts. Then spend massive times alone. He'd burn like a match.

I wasn't as loquacious as he when among others, but I could stay out way longer and need not time for recuperation.

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Dumb question but how does one pretend to be an extrovert?
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I prefer hash browns...
 
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Socreta93 said:
Dumb question but how does one pretend to be an extrovert?
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You pick an extrovert you know well, and do what they would to in a social situation. Eventually you start to get a better feel for how to properly interact with other people, and become more comfortable with yourself and you no longer have to act like someone else.

Needless to say, do not pick an idiotic extrovert to learn from.
 
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