To love coming on here because in rl i am just antisocial and cant be arsed with most folk.

[bigun1]

Miserable bitch that i am but folk get on my pigging nerves most of the time.

Its got worse as ive got older too.
I make no bones of the fact that its not a healthy or an advantageous trait of mine, but there you go.

On here i can slag folk off...get my arse kicked, i can tell you funny stuff that has happened, and you will laugh with me, i can tlel you how things REALLY have made me feel, from yesterday to 20 years ago, and you will say, its ok, i know what you mean. Some will say "actually, i disagree and this is why" this makes me think in a whole new direction that i would never ever consider.

I spend too much time on here i know, but i like it, and i like you all (mostly) and i like thae fact that there is always some one here.
So ta very much

Welcome anytime. We could have a farting contest.

I am not so good at small talk, so I always find meeting new people a bit stressful. Besides, I don't really like to talk about nothing, some people I find easy to chat to and with others its very hard work, and it doesn't get better as I get older. I just come on here and talk about what I want to, seems more interesting at times as you get more real opinions whereas in rl many people either agree with you or say little.

I have to say I love it when it is 7.30, kids in bed, I go to bed with my computer, a book, the TV, some knitting or yes, DP.

Ah, gay, someone else who knows how to use a phone...

bigun - You're a girl of my own heart!

Also, I have to say - so many people in RL are reeeeeeeeeeeeally boring, or too inquisitive . And seriously, there's so many people I'm avoiding within the circle that I socialise in, it's turning into a bit of a minefield going to any events/parties.

Sometimes I'm a little bit worried by how anti social I am, but I honestly can't be doing with all the falseness of rl conversations, where no one says what they truly think about any given topic for fear of causing offence. I now think 'what's the point?' At least on MN people will say what they really think and you get past all the superficial stuff and talk about what matters to you.

I have met someone from here in RL. Here she is funny, witty, extremely cutting, intelligent and can be very funny. In RL she is none of those things. She is simply dour and grumpy.

I am, of course, the opposite. I am a grumpy bastard on here, but in RL I am a social butterfly who always knows exactly what to say and is the life and soul of any party

See, that poster is so funny on here I mentioned it twice

Oh Gay40, my sister in the soul . . .

The worst is when you are on the landline, you hear the "call waiting" pips and ignore them because this call matters, then the bloody mobile rings because some impatient bugger does not grasp the meaning of the words "please try later".

I am so glad I am not the only one who feels like this

I frequently ignore the phone. I hate talking about the weather or how much sleep I had last night, when I want to discuss The God Delusion or the meaning of life.

I have never heard the call waiting pips. I don't think we have it. Plus anyone who knows me well enough knows there's no point in ringing any of the phones, no matter how incessantly.

DP until recently did not know what our landline number was. And I've been putting the wrong one on forms for so long (on purpose, so that no one can ring it) that sometimes I have to double check what the right number is.

YABNU at all, and I completely agree with you. I love all of my friends, they are great, they areally are - I just don't feel the need to see them very often or text/phone them on a weekly or even monthly basis, never mind a daily one.

YANBU not YABNU.

Gay - I sometimes mis-spell my surname on forms to see who my data has been sold to, but I don't go as far as you. Do you put your correct address even though that might mean letters arriving through the door?

I knew a chap whose answerphone said I'm not in, leave your message and fuck off -but he was young and foolish at the time. Now of course old and foolish but he has long since cleaned up his message.

In my professional life I have to weigh every word; it's a welcome relief to come here and write freehand.

You're welcome at mine Agent & garlic - the winner gets to light their fart

I love the idea of 'silently lurking' on interesting conversations in RL

And walking away when it gets boring.... can you imagine

I love it on here because it is 100% on my terms. I don't have to talk to any of you if I don't want to. I say just what I want to say and when I've had enough, I click away. I'm not trapped with any of you, wracking my brains trying to think of something to say! It's brilliant. I just move on when I've had enough. In rl people just keep on talking to me. I'm not allowed to say that I don't care and I'm not supposed to ignore them. but on here - I can just make a comment, engage for as long as I want and bog off. It's why I prefer 'talking' on here to talking to people in rl.

Oh, well, I'm the exception then. I like RL. I like the school gate, and I generally get on with quite a few people. I like it here too, but not because I don't like RL, more because I've been working from home for years.

Placing my order for one, BeerTricks!

Izzy - sounds like a good night in! As long as we can all MN, obv.

It wouldn't be a fair on you and garlic, izzy.

I don't like to brag, but I eat lots of eggs and beans, and everyone knows that's a lethal noise/smell combo

Liking the lighting idea though.