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He has his friends, I have mine, we have some of the same friends that we hang out with on occasions. But mostly we are about each other. But, it is healthly to have friends and time away.
I work. I fish. I take care of my elderly mother. And from time to time I try to talk PJ8 into falling in love with me. I have no time for a social life.
I've never been a person who's big on gathering a wide circle around me. I tend to maintain one or two close friendships, and everybody else is more on acquaintance level. Consequently, my SO is one of those close friendships. Most of my leisure activities are done with him. We incorporate other friends and acquaintances if they are available, but we're fine on our own, too.
I don't really go out with friends very much, never have. I grew up in large, very close family, and my siblings always kind of played that role. To this day, I'd rather go out with my sister and brothers than most other people I know.
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I've never been a person who's big on gathering a wide circle around me. I tend to maintain one or two close friendships, and everybody else is more on acquaintance level. Consequently, my SO is one of those close friendships. Most of my leisure activities are done with him. We incorporate other friends and acquaintances if they are available, but we're fine on our own, too.
I don't really go out with friends very much, never have. I grew up in large, very close family, and my siblings always kind of played that role. To this day, I'd rather go out with my sister and brothers than most other people I know.
That's really nice, it's kind of sad that I don't really go out with my family members so much anymore. It would be nice if we did that more often.
Unfortunately, I moved 500 miles away from the nearest of them four years ago. So I only really get to go out with any of them on family holidays. I got to see them all this past weekend when I went home for my niece and nephew's christening, and it was so nice to see everyone.
Hubby is my best friend. The very few friends we have are friends in common so are part of OUR social life rather than just mine or his. Neither of us are very good at making friends so we have a tiny circle of dependable ones and a lot of friendly acquaintances.
To be honest there is nobody I can think of I would rather spend time with so if there is a choice between socialising or being with him it is a no brainer. He seems to feel that way too which suits us both just fine. We share interests, hobbies, and ideals so from that point of view it makes sense for us to be together too.
Both of us are quite happy on our own, even sitting in companionable silence reading for example but we are very active and do a lot outside the home, travel, archery, boating ( when we can), polo, art galleries,museums, theatre, movies, concerts, architecture, archaeological sites etc... We never have too much time, if anything we always find it hard to find the time to fit it all in.
Both of us enjoy seeing friends once in a while but can live without also.
I think a healthy balance is of course preferable, but do you tend to neglect one for the other?
I have a non-social, high maintenance spouse.
Thus, the reason I have very little social life!
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I have no time for a social life.
