We anti-social types are often misunderstood. You may know someone like us. We’re the friend who looks pained at parties, and leaves early – and that’s if we’ve attended at all. We’re hard to pin down for a dinner date, and we seem secretly pleased when it’s raining.
The truth is that we love our friends and family, but we also love – and need – time on our own. We use this time to relax, recharge and dream. We are creative and sensitive, and we need this time out more than you realise.
It’s not that we hate people. We just hate being around them.
1. As soon as you receive an invitation, you start thinking of excuses to get out of it.
2. Any mishap or misfortune is actually a blessing for you, because it means you have a reason to avoid going out. For this very reason, anti-social people love rain, minor illnesses, migraines and trackwork.
3. If you’re at a social event, you go to the toilet all the time. It’s not because you drank too much water, or because you have a UTI – it’s because you don’t like talking to people for long periods of time. (Post continues after gallery.)
Negative space nails, by @aliciatnails
4. You’re the master of “ghosting” (secretly leaving a party without saying goodbye) at a party, so that you don't have to endure the awkward "but you should stay" conversation.
5. You prefer email and texting to talking. It's less awkward.
