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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
The hustle and bustle over the past 48 hours around here has resulted in a pretty heavy social hangover today. The joy! Christmas Eve up at my parents house with like 14 adults and 8 kids (all under the age of 6) was nuts. Then we hosted our in-laws and my wife’s whole family at our house yesterday for Christmas. I’m quite talkative in social situations but my batteries drain ... quick! Pheeewww! I am wiped and feel like I need to sit in a dark room for three days. It’s taking everything I’ve got to talk today ... to anyone. My ears feel pinned back and my eyes hurt. I love being an introvert but extended overstimulation is rough! Where are my fellow introverts at?! _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | ||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Amen, brother. You might think only extroverts would be lawyers, but in the courtroom, the environment is tightly controlled and the talking is constrained by strict rules. It isn't at all like a loud family holiday or a cocktail party. Take a day or two to decompress. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| sick puppy |
agreed. even my wife, the extrovert, is feeling drained from the social frivolities of the last few days. ____________________________ While you may be able to get away with bottom shelf whiskey, stay the hell away from bottom shelf tequila. - FishOn | |||
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| Quirky Lurker |
Preach it brother! I deal with the same thing and need a vacation to recover from the holidays. Thankfully, my wife is the same so we have about the same tolerance. Sitting in a quiet room or on the porch with a good book is a slice of heaven and my usual cure for over stimulation. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I suppose that beats being alone during the holidays... ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
Finally a label for the feelings I have after heavy socialization. I thought I was just a people hating asshole. Thanks for the link. Very enlightening and applicable in my case. Mind you, I like being around friends and certain relatives, just in smaller doses that all day exposure. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Had my future in-laws over for Christmas yesterday. Love them dearly, but my ears were really tired last night (and we didn't have anyone younger than 19)  Nice to get back to work today and get some quiet time... | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
So much this! Lots of fun with the inlaws but I am dragging at work today. I hope I can avoid too much interaction with the peoples. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
I just channel my inner a-hole and stay home. Christmas this year (and for the last several) consisted of me, Mrs. PHPaul and a big pot of lobster stew. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Member |
No, I quite enjoy it. Daughter got out of college December 15th and came home for less than a week before flying out to Utah to see her Mom. She returns the 29th and has a few weeks before she goes back for Spring semester. It was just me and the dog for Christmas which was nice. I did meet a friend last night for a few beers but she was alone also as her kids are older and gone. Both of us enjoyed Christmas without the stress and headaches that go along with it. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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| Member |
I think that it might.....I spent it alone, and will do the same for New Years. No problem!! | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I think you guys are missing my point. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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I'm not. | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
I should have added in my original post that I don’t want to come across as ungrateful. I’m incredibly lucky to have all of these people in my life. And watching my kids light up when opening gifts makes everything beyond worth it. The social hangover still sucks, though. Certainly beats the alternative, however.. One other (unrelated) thing — I don’t drink alcohol so there’s zero form of hangover in that sense. _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
On the 24th I finally blocked the number of one acquaintance. Right now the phone is on Do Not Disturb - just "The Select Few" list of contacts can ring through, and they are as wiped out as I am. Tonight, another party with the same crowd, but I responded, "Back from a light but time-consuming day. Staying home with lung congestion and head wobblies (sinus pressure). Give my best to all." True enough, but I could go out if I really wanted to. In my youth I'd be in the bar by 7pm, snow, rain, sleet, with a head cold like this. The biggest difference between now and 30 years ago? Far fewer lung issues. And a little more common sense to dial it down. "Channelling my inner a-hole" .. now, that is a new one. | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Sorry to give the impression that I was in any way accusing anyone of being ungrateful. It was just an off hand remark. I completely understand the sentiment. I frankly love quiet holidays with just the wife and now daughter. I don't even mind terribly the times that I have to work during the holidays. Though I'll admit that I do wish that I were with them this Christmas. But again, that really wasn't what I was getting at. Hope everyone is now enjoying peace and quiet with his or her adult beverage of choice. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
Yes. My job is dealing with people all day long. I am an extreme introvert although many would say they wouldn't know it because I'll be chatty. But at the end of the week I am burned, my wife doesn't understand why I hate going anywhere or socializing on our time off. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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| Member |
Holidays = insanity. Tis the season! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I know exactly how the social hangover feels! After extended socializing I definitely need a good couple days to recharge. -Fellow Introvert | |||
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| Conservative in Nor Cal constantly swimming up stream  |
I spent Christmas day by myself for the first time ever. It was just me and my Pug. It was his 10th bday and I got him a combo bag of Bully sticks. He chose the braided one to chew on. It was a quiet and pleasant day  and my Dog loves me...----------------------------------- Get your guns b4 the Dems take them away Sig P-229 Sig P-220 Combat | |||
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