The older I get the more I don't enjoy being around people very much.

[Trunk Monkey]

60. Interesting thread,

Interesting thread,

I’m 47 years old and I’ve felt like I was a half a beat off step with the rest of the world for most of my life. I’ve come to a point in my life where I don’t bother reaching out to people because I know that sooner or later I will say something that pisses them off or I will tell them something that I didn’t want the whole world to know and find out that they told the whole world.

The wife and I don’t go out much anymore not only because we can’t really afford it but also because I’m not comfortable out in public ( I call it “outside the wire” ).
We do hit the occasional family barbeque to hang out with the grand kids but that’s the extent of our social life.

I’m not a very trusting person by nature and I’ve been burned enough times that even at work I don’t discuss my personal life w/ my coworkers (much easier now that I don’t have co workers) and I try to give them as little personal information about me as I possibly can.