April 27, 2002
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Do you like to spend time alone?

YES! In fact, I am not a "people person" at all...I Would even rather work alone than with a bunch of customers with my job.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

I do, yes, and it's a good thing because most of the time if I'm alone, I didn't have any choice in the matter.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

I love to spend time alone. Hate to spend time lonely. Huge difference.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT   USA

Yes! I'm not sure what I would do if I didn't get at least SOME time to myself every day. It relaxes me.

Eric, 20
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

Not only do I like to spend time alone, I like to spend most of my time alone.

Johanna, 18
OK  USA

Yup...I need time alone to write my crappy novels, read, and be a freak...

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

I have to spend time alone. I get to feeling hemmed in if I'm around too many people for too long. I guess it's a good thing I like it because writing is solitary.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

Of course I "like" to spend time alone. In fact, I find some solitary time every day is essential for my mental health.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

Not only do I like it, it is essential to my mental well-being.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

Sometimes. I think it's healthy and important to have some alone-time with yourself!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

Yes, perhaps, more-so than being around people.

Kyle, 16
OH
  USA

Yes...sometimes I get in moods where all I want is to be alone.

Christina
MI  USA

I don't get to spend nearly as much time alone now as I used to. I used to very much value my alone time.  Now, since I've been married and have kids, alone time is pretty much non-existent... but I don't mind. I value my time with my family more than spending time alone.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

Yes I like to spend time alone. To be online or to read and just to do what I want to do.

Laney
TX  USA

I used to. I still do, I guess, so I have a chance to read and write. But I'd rather be with my husband. I like to be alone with my husband. : )

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

Yes. In fact it's mandatory that I get alone time or I get grumpy.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

Absolutely. Need to have some time to spend by yourself to just relax and think things out.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill
, GA  USA

Very much so! I don't want to be alone all the time, but some time by myself is necessary for balance.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

Absolutely, but too much time alone will drive me crazy!

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

Yes, although I'm a people person, I need some good alone time to refresh now and then. Plus most of my travel is done alone, as I can go at my own pace, and am not confined to a group decision on where to go and what to do.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

Sometimes. Being alone and feeling alone are different though. I'd rather be alone.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV USA

every now and then, though I hate it on my days off which is when I normally end up doing it.

Nicole2, 20
Jackson
, FL   USA

Not too much time alone. I'm a people person, but I do need a little time everyday to just be by myself.

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

I was an only child that grew up in the woods, so whether I try or not, I usually end up spending a lot of time alone. I can make friends, but I can't keep them, because I'm usually not up to the effort it takes to maintain friendships. I a little distant, a little hard to get close to or ahold of. I find I can entertain myself better alone than with others, and activities I do with others I could just as soon have done by myself, like seeing movies or shows. I cherish my alone time, and I get bitchy when I don't get enough of it through whatever circumstances, just like I do when I don't get enough sleep or food.

Cancer, 20
NYC
, NY   USA 

Of course, to some extent.

Firelady, 24
Dallas
, TX   USA

I have to have a certain amount of alone time each day or else I go insame. This is especially true when I'm living at my Grams' place and I'm working and all day I have to deal with people, so I just need some time to myself and no one seems to understand that. And I'm about five days away from moving back to my Grams'. Joy.

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

Yes. I like sit sit and reflect in solitude. With a husband two kids and a job, it doesn't happen too often.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

 

 

YESYESYES. A big fat YES. If I don't have time alone to myself, I

will go insane. It is an absolute necessity to have time alone. It is

one of the most important things to me.

Lisa J. 23

TN

USA

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