On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a loner would you rate yourself?

[AgadorSparticus]

Poll question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a loner would you rate yourself?

With 10 being the most extreme loner.

[underseasurveyor]

1. Hard time deciding

8 or 9? 8 or 9?
I finally settled on 8. I'm pretty sure I'm toward the extreme end of the scale. I easily den up for weeks, months at a time.

[AgadorSparticus]

8. wow, you can go months? i can hole up for a couple weeks but

then i'd have to get out... but that is just a one day affair. after that, i'm ready to get back to my little hole/nest.

[kaitykaity]

2. If I went as a percentage of time alone,

I'd be a 10.

Except I have a small handful (six, seven) people in
my life (friends, family) who love and understand me,
so I'm not alone all the time.

Just 94.3%.

lol.

[DemExpat]

3. I chose 8....because I prefer being with myself

a great deal of the time, but I love and need to be with people at least some part of each day....

All alone on a mountaintop would not be fun for me! :-)

I like to have options - to be a loner with access to people. Guess that is why I prefer city living.

:shrug:

DemEx

[GOPFighter]

19. You nailed it for me

I don't mind being on a city street with people, I just don't want them to talk to me!

[DelawareValleyDem]

4. I'm comfortable being alone

about three quarters of my time, so I'll put myself at 8

[LWolf]

5. I'm the 9.

I chose 9 because I can remember a few times in my life when I felt the need to be with people, so it must not be 10.

It's hard to really tell; I am overloaded with people at work, so my tendency to crave solitude might not be as strong if I didn't have to work. As it is, I have a few friends whose company I enjoy, but I'll let weeks or a couple of months go by without contacting them; even though I like them and enjoy their company, giving up my jealously hoarded personal time for them is often done reluctantly. I see a few for a few hours each weekend, because we keep our horses together and ride together; that's usually my limit for socializing.

[devilgrrl]

6. 7

The other 3 of me likes hanging out with friends.

I do have a few. :-)

[Desertrose]

7. I think 7...cause there are those few moments

where its nice to chat & catch up with friends...see a movie or go out for a meal.....

[AgadorSparticus]

9. I chose 7 because I mostly like to be by myself. but there are those

times like at the dog park where i chat up a storm with someone. we also have various family engagements to go to during the year and i can get pretty social at those. sometimes, they are fun. but i tire of them easily. my threshold isn't what it used to be.

[catchnrelease]

10. Have to be between

7 and 8 for sure. And I am leaning mostly towards 8. As you all have said, there are those occasions when it's fun to get together with friends, but for me it's always just 1 or 2 at a time, never with a group by choice. There is just no way to put the words "fun" and "crowd" together and make sense to me. I guess I'll vote 8.

(How many here saw the movie "Castaway" with Tom Hanks and thought it wouldn't be so bad? Just kidding, I'd at least need a bunch of books to make the time go by........)

[supernova]

11. Probably a 7

I mostly enjoy my own company, and I do enjoy getting together will small groups of people. I don't think I'm a 9 or a 10, because the desire to have a rewarding relationship is there, if not the reality.

[Freebird12004]

12. not a 10

perhaps a 9

I go for weeks < in the winter > without leaving my house for any reason.

[ernstbass]

13. I'm outgoing at work

but on the weekends I rarely see anyone and it suits me just fine.

[Skittles]

16. that would be me

when I DO "see someone" I'm always relieved when they're gone

[flaminbats]

14. I'm #1!I'm #1!I'm #1!I'm #1!I'm #1!..and first to be #1, pass it on

:headbang:

[Wapsie B]

15. I said 10

because I love spending most of my day alone or with 1 or 2 people in the vicinity at work. It's been a long long time since I've been involved with a group of people that doesn't drain the life out of me.

[mdmc]

17. I chose 4, but only cause no one else was there ( :-D )

I like going to Dead, Dylan, Dan Bern shows
I attend progressive events
I work with many people
I am close to my family
I have a flatmate
I have (very few) friends

perhaps I am a three or a two on this poll scale...

[Skittles]

18. I'd say about a seven

I can handle people in small doses

[Deja Q]

20. I rate thirteen.

Trust me on this. :-( Just catch me at a DU meet-up at some point and you'll instantly fathom why.