I checked out socially the past year. My child just started college in fall. I don't know if they are related but I've been a single mom for 10 years. I've enjoyed staying home, watching streamed movies and series.

I haven't called or communicated with people I have been tolerating because our kids are the same age. I find some of their habits disgusting and didn't want to deal with it, i.e. coughing without covering their mouth, coughing without covering their mouth when sitting at a small table with food on it.

Totally normal! I quarantined in our walkout basement when I had Covid and didn’t want to come out. I remember taking the tests and hoping I’d still see that faint second red line.

i wish i was alone for like 50% of the day. i would be so happy.

I'm a single mom and for my birthday/Christmas gift, my mom would pay for my DS to go to sleepaway camp. It was amazing to have so much time to myself. I honestly didn't miss him until the end of the two weeks. I'm a teacher and am around kids all day and then my own kid all night/weekend, etc. I think I was so used to the overstimulation that I didn't realize it. I'm an introvert too so it was all very draining. My son went to camp for many years and I think it saved me from a breakdown.

I think it sounds wonderful! I have 2 teens and my house is noisy ALL the time. I would love several days just looking out only for myself in a peaceful, quiet environment.

I went on a simple vacation by myself last year, and when I get stressed, I just close my eyes and remember it. Just getting to eat when and what I wanted was pure heaven.

No one can put a price tag on the benefits of having a large home all to yourself. 🫂

The peace, the freedom of responsibility along w/the ability to do whatever your heart desires sounds like a second form of heaven to me.

Enjoy this special time as long as you want!
I mean…..I sure would!!!

I greatly need alone time, and consider myself to be an extroverted introvert. I would say for me one week of total alone time sounds like heaven. I think this is normal, but maybe i'm fooling myself.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here- you are right -- they care much less than they used to, but they 100% used to care esp outside the US or liberal areas of the US

They used to, but now it’s become more normalized, so they don’t.

It is less of an issue these days, but does still happen a fair amount. And it is not just me being self centered and making it up. I have a 50 year old handsome, charming male friend who makes friends with everyone and he tells hilarious stories about this exact thing happening to him, in NY and LA of all places.

We're talking about going to restaurants alone, right? I do this all time time and it never occurred to me that I was freaking out the waitstaff. Nor would I care. What exactly "happens" to people (e.g., your 50-year old friend) when they do this?

I used to travel fairly regularly for work and I think that met my need for alone time. No work travel since covid, so I have started taking short trips by myself and I have LOVED them. I plan a weekend trip for myself every few months. New York is my favorite but have also gone to quieter places.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here- you are right -- they care much less than they used to, but they 100% used to care esp outside the US or liberal areas of the US

They used to, but now it’s become more normalized, so they don’t.

It is less of an issue these days, but does still happen a fair amount. And it is not just me being self centered and making it up. I have a 50 year old handsome, charming male friend who makes friends with everyone and he tells hilarious stories about this exact thing happening to him, in NY and LA of all places.

Anonymous wrote:PP here- you are right -- they care much less than they used to, but they 100% used to care esp outside the US or liberal areas of the US

They used to, but now it’s become more normalized, so they don’t.

Anonymous wrote:Why is this a surprise OP?

Because she’s so busy judging herself that she doesn’t know what is normal anymore.

Anonymous wrote:It sounds amazing!!!!!! Like really amazing.

Yes amazing!! Not forever but for a week omg.