Prime.

I was born to be a hermit

Why do I ever leave my house?

Roses are red, violets are blue... I'm going back to bed to stay away from you

I want to go out to the bars, but I also really really don't want to

It's just me, myself, and dog

So how long do you mentally prepare in order to leave the house and deal with people?... 24 hours? Cool me too.

And for my next trick, I'll be breaking my own heart by exaggerating my place in other people's lives

All my friends are plants.

I wanna go home

Not me spending 2 months recharging my social battery after one Friday night out...

When I say "I'm busy", I mean that I'm 8 episodes deep into my new show and I would rather hang out with them than any real human people.

My earphones are always in, whether or not I'm listening to music.

Thank god it's Friday night and I just got paid. Now I can create a crater in my comfy couch while I watch a movie and order takeout. I love that Seamless, Doordash, and Uber Eats allow me to get the food I crave with minimal social interaction. You see, it's not that I don't like people. And it's not that I have a ton of social anxiety. I just need a lot of time to recharge, and prefer hanging out with my friends in intimate situations, without the hustle and bustle of the going-out crowd. I'm…

Not shy, just not interested

There's a long history of pitting introverts against extroverts, and a long history of stereotypes about the two. Introverts are supposed to be shy, boring, and antisocial, while extroverts are obnoxiously the opposite: loud, attention-seeking and annoying socialites. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the actual definition of introvert is as follows: “introvert: a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspe…