Originally posted by ronnie_2600:
Anyone at a particular time, consciously existed without any friends?
Probably, you are used to being alone (voluntary or not) for years/months and rarely see the need to socialise?
Now and then, I do need my space and prefer to be alone, with only a few really close buddies nearby.
I think there are stages when I just need to retreat because you just need some time away from the madding crowd. Also, each of us have different levels of need for alone-time and for company. I know there are some folks who'd literally wilt and die without seeing friends for even a short time.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm a hermit crab... I dig a hole deep deep and hide in it. And if anyone tries to dig me out, I'll just retreat even deeper into my shell and stay there till I'm ready to come out again!
I think I'm really lucky to have friends who care... if they don't hear from me for a while, they'll call and ask if I'm alright. Thank God they're not those who won't even call because imagine, what if I were to die suddenly one day and nobody bothers to call until a year later!
Actually, I did tell a few colleagues and friends recently, a pretty amusing scenario... Imagine this - I live alone and sometimes, I get three days off in a stretch. What if I died suddenly at home on the night before my three days off and for the following three days, nobody would miss me at work and all that and it'll only be three days later when I didn't turn up at work that folks will start to panic and then my neighbours start to smell some not-so-nice scent.
Morbid thought, right?
But yeah... I get 'creative' on idle time!