“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
“And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is acceptable to be alone in a public place where everyone else is in groups, and to just be sitting there eating, not having to be engrossed in anything else.” StillsIdeasGroupsExampleProveEatingSittingBraverySettingSettingsAcceptableSetting An ExampleActs Of Bravery Author:Anneli Rufus