If you are a loner, you are not alone...heh....look at this:

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is totally accurate for me.
23 Signs of An Introvert:

*. You find small talk incredibly cumbersome.

*You've been called "too intense."
( anybody besides me ever hear that?)

*Giving a talk in front of 500 people is less stressful than having to mingle with those people afterwards.
( I always used to wonder why I felt like that)

here's the whole list of 23 traits.
Is it you????
( sorry for the Huff Po thing, I don't like it either, but the article is worth going over there)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/introverts-signs-am-i-introverted_n_3721431.html

[antiquie]

1. The three you picked are also true for me.

I skipped the HuffPo.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Essentially the article talked about behavior in terms of energy

Extroverts get highly energized from parties and large group sports watching
introverts get drained of energy by having to socialize, chatter in small talk, etc.

but introverts get re-charged by doing things alone...reading, writing, thinking, gardening,
stuff that extroverts would be bored with.

Extroverts need external stimuli
Introverts need the space and time of internal process.

[antiquie]

4. All true in my experience.

Thank you.

[arcane1]

2. Most of those definitely apply to me in one way or other.

[silverweb]

5. Right on target.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]After even just a couple hours of busy social exposure, I'm exhausted. Then I need home, my cats, quiet, and sometimes a nap.

[ChazInAz]

6. I know I'm introverted.

But getting every single one of those? Do I win some sort of prize?

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. You got them all?

A suitable prize would be a house with out a doorbell
and a telephone screening system.

[Hoyt]

9. I think 20 of those apply to me. I have done a lot of large group speaking. As long as I'm prepared,

I like it. I usually like to get their right when it's my time, and leave right away. Otherwise, I'll start sweating and get all panicky.

My long-term relationships have been with extroverts who understand that I might just disappear at any moment at a party, in a large store, etc. I'm fairly comfortable one-on-one, especially if at home, in my car, etc.