While reading some more about Apatheism, I came across an interview with Jonathan Rauch. I identified with it a lot, and followed up with reading Caring for Your Introvert. Which is required reading for humanity.
I would be interested to see the results of this questionnaire. Prerequisites: having taken a Myers-Briggs personality type indicator, and having an OKCupid account [in Seattle] (because that’s what made me realize how widespread poly people are).
- Are you an introvert, or an extrovert?
- Are you polygamous or monogamous?
Let’s ignore the “relationships are complicated” and more the “I can only deal with one woman at a time” banter. I was thinking while reading a remark about introverts wanting human contact and company, but not necessarily interaction. Maybe I was reading in to that too much because that’s what I feel. To tie back into what I was thinking about last night; I desire companionship, and while many things affect that there is a strong feeling that it’s more about what is unsaid than what is said.
Today is a day of reading, thinking, watching movies. Some unwinding is needed, because a many things are wound up inside me at the moment. The article speaks of friends falsy assuming something is wrong if you are quiet. When you stack on top of that the idea that with me, nothing is ever wrong, but something is always wrong, I’ve found a way to respond to that question to people’s satisfaction. That is, there are always things on my mind, but they’re not usually the reason I’m quiet. Sometimes I’m just quiet.