Is it really that weird to want to be alone instead of having friends to hang out with? Cause I'm all by myself for 5 years already and perfectly fine with it.
So are there others like me who don't really care for friendships, or am I the only one who likes to be a loner?

Not really but, having friends is pretty cool too! Like going to parties every once in a while

It's OK to be a loner as long as you spend some time with one or two friends, both give you different things

i like being alone anyway if u r alone u have less chance of getting hurt or anything even though i make alot of friends i rather be alone!

I'm generally a loner too. I make a lot of good friends, for some reason, too. But rarely do I actually go out looking for friends. They all come to me, and I can't just reject them.

I still like being alone, though. I eat lunch by myself. I walk to places by myself... I'm happy by myself, but I wouldn't say no to being with one or two other people.

But any more than three and I start feeling uncomfortable. I'm not a people person.

I think it's perfectly fine, it just shows how independent you are. I like my alone time but I also like to socialize with others on occasion. I'm not the type to go to parties and what not but maybe go to a movie with some friends or out to eat.

There are people who are dependent on others, those who just like having others around, and those that are ok with being alone. Of course its much more complicated than that, but thats a simple way of looking at it. Its alright, though not perfect, to be any of them; humans are not perfect so its how you use your attributes with the type you are that counts.

I don't believe being alone is a problem. I think the only problem with being alone is the mental state it leaves you in but If your alright with it than there is no problem. You'll always have family by your side right? But its always good to have friends by your side though because you can't do everything alone. I always find myself alone but I have a lot of friends and I always find myself wondering why I am alone or even if I really enjoy being alone. The real question is if your happy alone why would you question yourself?

Well in my case as well being alone isn't all that bad i never have to put up with people i can't stand. i can be completely independent. and not really having a social life give me the chance to work on my hobbies like Anime artwork, and reading, and drawing manga. plus if i can quote a saying i read a while back"One is never alone as long as one has noble thaughts" i love that saying. so being a loner isn't really that bad.

Before anime = Social. After anime = antisocial. See. Many anime fans are like this because of multiple imperfections on themselves. I found that out after watching too much anime. I don't wanna be alone. Its my destiny though. And its going to make me a crazy.

I am a loner, too. I don't mind having company, but I prefer being alone because I don't like having to constantly deal with the politics of socializing. I hate having to restrain myself all the time as well, since I often get the urge to walk around or rock back and forth to vent my extra energy. Unfortunately, people seem to like me and try to get me to go to parties and stuff. I'm okay with hanging out with small groups of friends but I will get bored quickly and ditch them.

meh i'm fine either way. i like my friends but i'm perfectly happy with being alone as well.

i Don't know your condition your age and all, i was like you being to be feeling safe to be alone but after some time and the longest time you will feel lonely that you realise it's kinda late to start to make friend. But i think there a better way then staying alone, everybody need a space as i do now, i like to know people but i keep my privacy as for my own; you can make a space for your self by being and making a solitude enviorement when you need it. But don't lock yourself to far that nobody can reach you; because there is time when you need other, and need help from others. No matter how independent you are there is always a hole in your life if you keep doing so. I live my life locking myself from other for 13 years before i realise there is time when you needed presecens of others. Being alone is not wrong everyone need time for them self, and for me solitude is a good way for reflection of who you are and what is your purpose in life, you can learn from all your past mistake by doing so. But i think you at least need a friend, a friend that you can share all of your hardship. and not a friend that are beside you only at happy times. sorry i don't mean to preach at you, or criticize you and hope this will help you.

i don't like the feeling of loneliness to tell you the truth...i'm always surrounded by my family or friends..i never really felt truly lonely like what you were describing above.

It`s alright if you are comfortable with it... I was a loner before but now i gt friends in school! Erm but i`m a totally different person after i leave school everyday, i will become the usual me that doesn`t like to talk to others and be alone... Erm maybe this is what led to you being a loner, are you always alone at home? Or have you been betray or hurt deeply by your friends? I`m always alone at home and being neglected, i was being betray in my primary education that make me hard to trust friends even until now... So sometimes i will still want to be alone, but nt really a loner now... So have any of this happen to you, hope you would share with me!

lol ^.^ to tell you the truth...even though i had many friends in high school (25+ O.O) and i was pretty close to each and every one of them and socialized with them on a daily basis, i was still a "loner" and did things all by myself. you'ld think i would be going out to hang out or something, but nope! i went shopping by myself and pretty much decline ALL invitations to the movies or parties, and i never once felt lonely or anything. so i'm not sure having friends really WON"T make you a loner...and thus i believe it's perfectly okay to be someone who wants to be alone (however, by not talking or socialing with others a person's english and language skills might not be top notch considering that she doesn't get any practice or anything). the fact still remains that a person was born alone and will die alone XP but studies HAS shown that humans are naturally social creatures and that those who are social tends to live and enjoy life better with a optimistic intake on life...hmmmm ''

okay, that's all. and don't let others change who you are with their own ideals and morals! >:O if you love who you are, that uniqueness will eventually turn into a strength and personality, and when you eventually DO want to start opening up the others...they will appreciate that more!

I like being alone sometimes if I don't wish to be disturbed and all. But friends, to me, are important to me. It won't hurt to have friends, would it? =p

I love being alone; I really can't spend more than 4 hours surrounded by the same person or group. It depends on your kind of character: some of us can get up by ourselves and some of us need another's hand. You are not right or wrong, you are just yourself and that's ok ^^

o yes I am one of them too I don`t understand even now why I feel more comfortable with my brother and mom home
I always had a good relation with them
and my best friend is my mom o.O strange is it she has only 39 years and I am 22
so the age difference is small between us
I have grown without a father but that did not affect me in a bad way from when I was a kid I was selective liked to speak only with some people
I never had too many friends and damn I like to learn more things in the web design domain I hope (and train) that one day I will become a web designer

I don`t need friends to feel good and I don`t need someone (as a special someone) to feel accomplished
umm I always had attention from guys as I noticed most of them are superficial so I refused to fall in love
this kind of passions that one makes when he/she is rejected

even stranger is that I fit well in a group I am not distant or cold perhaps sometimes kind of daring
with a lot of imagination +_+ but in the same time I don`t let people treat me as they want
I respect then and in return I make them respect me
I can confess that I also like to have fun with friend that I gathered in all this years

I like to dance don`t like to remember jokes my grandmother often asks me why I don`t have a bf
well I don`t like to be with anyone just to have a bf
I am not dependent of sex and not shy but I like to play on my rules with who I want when I want
ahh I don`t like to be forced to do something

I bored you guys enough

P.S haha too many "I"

merged: 09-11-2007 ~ 01:29am
ah Kikyo1986 where in Netherlands do you live I will move near Amsterdam next year

haha its nice to be alone.. for some reason ive got a peace of mind not tryin to please people around me.. im not good in socializing as well as communicating in other people...

Yep it is nice to be by yourself, but eventually having some company around you is really nice. I dont really like to communicate with people other and my gf and my half sister. since those are the only 2 that lives in my house " but yea been alone sometimes can be great. it gives u some nice quiet times to think stuff through

wow! thank god i thought i was the only Loner. i suck at communicating and i know myself well and i know when i talk to people i bored them in the first couple of minutes either because i don't say much and barely have a sense of humor anymore, maybe from being alone is just flew away. I'll say im shy and more of a "do" person rather then talk. like lets go to the dirt track and race on bike, instead of going to the mall and walking around. i rather be with one friend instead of two so i can communicate better with it, instead of the other one just doing all the talking and me feeling like some weirdo.

Same here, grew on me when I had no friends for a couple years. I have friends in school these days, but dont feel like doing anything out of school with them. Perfectly fine with being alone, more time to think.

When you are a loner, there is the benefit of the quiet and calmness, but you miss out on the possibility of gaining from contact with others. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a loner, but there's being a loner and then there is isolating yourself. You shouldn't cut yourself off from people all the time, its not healthy.