“We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called. Being friends with a loner requires patience and the wisdom that distance does not mean dislike.” ThinkingFeelsMeanDoeCareMissingDistanceDislikeAbsentMissing SomeoneLonerHermitsRecluseLong Distance Friendship Author:Anneli Rufus
“Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanBloodSittingTiredAssumingCommunicateToleranceBunchExhaustingLonerSocializingMisanthropeGiving Blood Author:Anneli Rufus