16 Graphs that Introverts Will Totally Understand

[LiberalElite]

http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2015/08/18/16-graphs-that-introverts-will-totally-understand/

[Scuba]

1. "The host's dog."

[cantbeserious]

2. Always An Introvert - As I Have Grown Older - Even More So

eom

[CrispyQ]

3. They were all great!

I especially liked the what you do when the phone rings, one.

[RKP5637]

18. Same here, I always let the answering machine pick up, listen to the message, sometimes pickup

during it or not.

[LWolf]

4. I feel like

someone has been watching me too closely.

[Warpy]

5. "Can I pleeease leave?"

Oh, boy, I can relate to that one.

[sueh]

6. Can I count hanging out on DU as part of my alone time?

[ellenrr]

7. that one about 'why your face looks like that'

funny- this memory is almost 60 years old but clear as if it were yesterday.

a certain asshole who would always ask me "why aren't you smiling?"
or
"are you mad?"
or some variant.

others did too, but I remember this one cuz he was relentless...

of course I wasn't mad or unhappy, I just didn't paste a "smile-y" on my face!
arg- still makes me mad.

[LiberalElite]

11. I've been told

"smile it isn't that bad" when I was feeling just fine, thank you.

[marginlized]

12. I get the "You should smile more ...."

so annoying.

A wise friend said "Just laugh. They won't know you're laughing at them."

[baran]

20. Smile!

An office manager where I used to work once told me I needed to stand in front of a mirror and practice smiling. Needless-to-say, I didn't act on that advice.

[bemildred]

8. Dogs listen. nt

[mak3cats]

9. Wow - every one of these applies...

I had forgotten about this group, so it's been a LONG time since I visited. I've subscribed now, so I'll see all of you around sometime. Nice to know there are kindred spirits.

[smirkymonkey]

10. This is so spot on.

I related to every single one of these.

[RKP5637]

19. Same here! n/t

[marginlized]

13. Fav: "What I mean when I say I'm busy"

Only my 'plans with other humans' would only be about 10% of the chart.

[marginlized]

14. In answer to 'what are your plans for the weekend?'

Another wise friend just mention's that someone he knows is having a party.

"Well, there's a party in ..."

"So and so is doing something somewhere ..."

[ellenrr]

15. I think some people when they ask that, are just filling empty air.

and they don't really care.
Where I live (apartment building) I pass a lot of people as I go to and fro.
Sometimes someone will say, "going for a walk?" if i'm carrying a book, "Going to the library?"
etc.
These are older people who mostly don't go anywhere, so I just mumble something unintelligible and keep walking.
I understand their need for conversation, even a brief one, but I also respect my need to not always be interacting with people every time I come or go.

[marginlized]

16. I don't mind the passing comment.

It's easy enough to smile or simply nod and agree when you're moving toward the elevator.

But I'm thinking of the office and I'm in the 'cube' with no escape. And civility requires something, you know, non-violent.

[ellenrr]

17. oh - I forgot- some people work (I'm retired)

yeah that's tough.

I remember when I worked in an office - once I had 2 people near me, I had to listen to them talk about the bible.

and I used to hate those two standard questions:
1. what are going to do this week-end?
2. What did you do this week-end?