Needing Human Contact...

[arsenicCatnip]

I am currently in a long-distance relationship with a guy who is absolutely wonderful (except for the fact that, y'know, he lives about 1200 miles away). We were talking last night, and both kind of moping over that fact, as we're both going through a lot in our respective lives and don't really have anyone close by to lean on.

It got me to thinking. Do you ever feel like you need some human contact of some sort? This could be anything from going to the local coffee shop where everyone knows your name, to hanging out with your buddies playing video games until the wee hours of the morning.

I miss that feeling of connection. My roommate and I rarely spend any time together due to differing work schedules, and I get what little 'contact' I do from my job (I spend roughly 6 hours out of an 8 hour day with customers).

What about you, Escapists?

 

[mad825]

to prevent myself going insane and completely forgetting acceptable social interactions otherwise no. humans can fuck right off

 

[crimson5pheonix]

No, I'm a hermit and enjoy it. The internet is good enough for me.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I seem to be tending further and further towards this every day.

I like human contact, but only in small doses, and recently I've been getting far too much all at once.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

I'm pretty much fine with minimal contact. I guess I'm a shut in like that. It it nice to have someone to talk to at times though, especially when life is being stressful like it always is. I just don't totally need to see other people too often.

 

[Soulgaunt]

Oh, that sounds unpleasant.
I do hate it when I don't spend time with people, and I especially hate it when I only end up spending time around mammals.
I hope that ends well for you, though!

 

[Sir Kemper]

As George Carlin once said:

"I like people, but only in small doses, 3 or 4 minutes, then they can fuck off."

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

May i suggest you and your boyfriend get scype, so you can talk to each other without it just being that voice on the phone.

 

[Snarky Username]

I usually get all I need from school. Otherwise I just spend my time home. Alone. With nobody. Nobody at all. But I'm happy. Happy not seeing people for days at a time. Watching other people with social lives go off enjoying themselves. I'm quite content with life.


Please excuse me as I go cut myself

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Oh, that sounds unpleasant.
I do hate it when I don't spend time with people, and I especially hate it when I only end up spending time around mammals.
I hope that ends well for you, though!

Thank you. We're going to be seeing each other in about a month, so hopefully we'll both feel better when that rolls around.

 

[Rednog]

I definitely feel the need for human contact sometimes, I just spent the last 2 weeks alone in my dorm room, and didn't leave for a minute. I don't think I heard another real human voice besides from watching TV online. It gets pretty depressing and you go a bit nuts without seeing other life.

 

[Hollock]

A bit but video games help distract me at those times *sniff sniff*

 

[Chicago Ted]

I wouldn't mind a bit more connction in my life. However, I'm a bit to chicken shit to ask the girl I'm currently fancying out right now. Waiting to try and build up a bit more friendship and attraction before asking.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Nine years of retail (and four years in the food service industry before that) gave me a deep and seething hatred of humanity as a whole. I much prefer solitude, and while there's a handful of people I'd like to see more often, I don't feel utterly lost without their presence.

One of my current mottos is "You're never alone if you're friends with yourself".

 

[TheGreatDirectorWatanbe]

As George Carlin once said:

"I like people, but only in small doses, 3 or 4 minutes, then they can fuck off."

Dammit someone beat me.

On Topic: I enjoy a little alone time but, for the most part I enjoy having people to talk and hang out with.

 

[Tharwen]

I've just had 3 weeks of almost no human contact except my parents and you guys. To be honest, people you can't see or hear are not the same. (And my parents aren't people... or something)

 

[Riobux]

Honestly, yes. I'm going through a similar thing. I'm falling hard for a girl and she loves me too, but she's in America and I'm in England. She's also got financial problems that say that she can't buy a ticket. I did promise if we dated for a year, I'd pay at least half of her plane ticket to get her here.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

May i suggest you and your boyfriend get scype, so you can talk to each other without it just being that voice on the phone.

We do have Skype, and use it quite often. But it's still not the same as being able to be together.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

May i suggest you and your boyfriend get scype, so you can talk to each other without it just being that voice on the phone.

We do have Skype, and use it quite often. But it's still not the same as being able to be together.

Oh... sorry I can't help you out further.

 

[FinalHeart95]

There was this girl I used to talk to, and we were really hitting it off well. We would constantly have conversations with each other (admittedly, a lot over the internet, but still some human contact), and it was awesome. I actually felt like someone really enjoyed being around me, which I have felt before, but with a person at such a constant pace.

6 months later, we barely talk. 1, maybe 2 minutes a day, assuming I can catch up to her in the hallway in school. Let's just say I fucked up really bad 6 months ago, and while I didn't necessarily hurt her feelings or anything like that, it caused us to go separate ways. These past 6 months have been the equivalent of living hell. For some reason, although I have human contact, that is the one human I want to contact more than anyone else. Did I like her? Well, I guess. At this point though, I'll take any sort of contact, in person or otherwise.

It's horrible, because I'm trying really hard not to be stalker-ish, but at the same time, I really want to talk to her...

This is topic-related right? I figured it had to do with human contact...