The longer I live

[Danmel]

The less I like people.
Convince me otherwise.

[Chainfire]

1. I had that same conversation

with my brother, last week. The fewer people I have to interact with, the more I like it. One thing I have learned is that your friends are less reliable than your enemies.

[LakeArenal]

2. Because be Obama not Dump.

Edit. This was the next thread after reading this one.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213575785

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Me too.

I could happily fill my time dealing with plants and animals and bypass people altogether.

[Coventina]

9. This.

These days, I can barely tolerate my husband, much less anyone else.

[Skittles]

4. I remember reading something Michael Douglas said

in a Rolling Stone article

He said when he was running around in high school, hysterical about who his friends were, his stepfather told him, "Michael, at the end of your life you will be able to count on one hand who your true friends were." Michael said he was right, he was absolutely right.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. Somebody once said "Hell is other people."

I'm inclinded to agree. Although I did do my share of socializing for the first 50 or 60 years of my life. Thankfully, I outgrew the need.

[smirkymonkey]

11. That was Sartre.

But I think he meant it in another way. Although I do kind of agree with the literal meaning of the phrase. He thought that other people are hell in that they always reflect you back upon you. We have no control over their opinion of us.

The quote was from his play, "No Exit" and what he meant by it was "Because … when we think about ourselves, when we try to know ourselves … we use the knowledge of us which other people already have. We judge ourselves with the means other people have and have given us for judging ourselves.

"Hell is other people because you are, in some sense, forever trapped within them, subject to their apprehension of you."

Although I do agree with you that I am often a lot happier when I do not have to put up with other people simply because they can get annoying after a while. I would much rather spend my time with dogs or other animals.

[chia]

6. I don't have the mental energy to convince anyone of anything these days...

especially when I agree with them...

[onecaliberal]

7. Millions of people are risking their lives on the street

Right now for change. In the middle of a pandemic.

[cayugafalls]

8. The longer I live

The more I like people.

There are some people that are funny and do things that make me smile.

Then there are the ones who make me sad, but I still like them for some reason. Maybe, it is because, I have hope that they can become better people someday.

Of course, I am on lots of medications, so, there is that...

[JudyM]

12. !

[UTUSN]

10. Hah, convincing is futile!1

[TristanIsolde]

13. People are alright,

can be a little gamy though, and just like pork you have to avoid under-cooking.

[gopiscrap]

16. welcome to DU

[TristanIsolde]

17. Thank you sir/ma'am

[gopiscrap]

18. You're welcome

and call me Mike where are you from?

[TristanIsolde]

19. NC

Mike = gopiscrap , hopefully I will remember. Thank you Mike !

[gopiscrap]

20. I was just going through the Charlotte airport this afternoon

on my way to Pittsburgh. As I was between the A and B terminal a whole bunch of employees were taking an 8:46 knee. I was pleased to see that

[TristanIsolde]

21. Cool !

[smirkymonkey]

14. I generally like my acquaintanceships with others and interacting in a casual way, such as

going to little shops or cafes in my neighborhood and seeing the same people, or running into someone that I know on the street, things like that. I also like the occasional social event or dinner with a small group of people that I know fairly well. I am comfortable with my family as long as politics don't come up (we are pretty much split down the middle).

This quarantine has been very easy for me. We have work meetings on WebEx or Teams. I talk to friends and family on the phone or email/text. I see people in my building when I go down to the lobby to pick up deliveries and packages. I don't feel the slightest bit lonely.

I am almost embarrassed to say this, but the only physical contact I miss is seeing my sibling's dogs. They send me pictures and I just can't wait to see them in person and have them jump on me and hug and kiss them. I adore them more than anything. I love my family, but I feel safer with the dogs. There is no judgment and I can just love them with no fear of rejection.

Anyway, I pretty much know what you mean. I am not looking forward to going back to the office. I am not crazy about the people that I work with since they are all raging extroverts and most of them are very young. I get along fine with them, but I would just prefer not being around them if I had a choice. I don't think we will have to go back until July, which is good. I am getting very comfortable with this arrangement!

[Danmel]

15. I think.im just exhausted

I work for an elected official and spend all day and sometimes well into the night working with constituents, who are really suffering and are by and large remarkably nice to me. But the others, oy. Dealing with angry re-open people. Who despite living in essentiallt the epicenter of the Pandemic call it a Democrat hoax and are more pissed about missing 6th grade graduation than the fact that 114,000 Americans are dead from this. And Cuomo is a dictator people and crazy anti vaxxers .
My husband is working bizarre hours to meet distancing requirements and our sleep cycles are totally messed up. I haven't seen my daughter and her fiance. we had to postpone their wedding. My cats are sick. I'm just done. And then I had to deal with an annoying issue and a person who pissed me off. And then there's the festering boil in the white house. I just need a break. Sorry for the rant. Thanks for listening

[zanana1]

22. The longer I live...

The more empathy I feel.