To think I'm a boring person

[Gingerninj]

I was asked what i do in my free time yesterday, I didn't really have an answer. An honest answer would be when I'm not looking after the DC or working I'm probably scrolling through facebook or on mumsnet or catching up on a tv show. I'm 30 now and I haven't had any "hobbies" since I was around 13, I always gave up after a while anyway, I've been a parent since I was 16 about it's been my main priority since. I'm not particularly good at anything. I feel like I don't have much of a life outside of being a mum. So I think I'm offically a boring person

I'd rather you were interested than interesting.

People who charge around doing lots of stuff may simply not have the time to consider the wellbeing of their friends or to cherish the flowers coming into bloom in the spring and the leaves turning to gold in the autumn.

? Having a hobby doesn't mean that one doesn't have time to sniff the roses! :-D

My hobby is beneficial to the wellbeing of others.

I'd rather you were interested than interesting.
= I'd like you to concentrate on me, me, me, rather than yourself.

After a colourful upbringing, my favourite thing about myself is how boring I am!

Most people are not so good at most things, but a few are quite good at a few things each. Why not decide on a hobby you think you might enjoy, and sneak in a little time to spend on that hobby? Doesn't really matter what it is; crossword puzzles, stitching, reading novels you borrow or download onto your "Kindle", take up a musical instrument or just decide on an instrument and go to YouTube listening on others playing it to start with. If you want to discuss with other people, subscribe to a morning paper or some magazine like Newsweek. The possibilities are quite endless.... just pick one little thing and think about how you could fit more of it into your day (probably by scrolling a little bit less on FB... which can easily suck hours out of your day.)

What would you class as a boring person?

Someone who prattles on about their hobby that I have little to no interest in for extended periods.

I've had quite a few hobbies before I had a relapse of MS. They didn't make me windswept and interesting. I am a pretty boring person.

Hobbies sound twee. I just do stuff to stop me getting bored. My "hobby" just now is going out on my mobility scooter and smoking

I used to be boring. Then I took up running. If people thought I was boring before, I’m even more boring now. I get excited about shaving mere seconds off 10km times and drink water on Saturday nights so I can run on Sunday mornings. My favourite podcast is two guys talking about running while running.

I’m even boring myself with this post....

Jog on! ;-)

(teasing!)

Flatpack, no I don't mean I'd prefer an interested person over an interesting person so I can talk about me, me, me! That really would be dull, dull, dull!

From my perspective, the distinction between an interesting person and an interested person is more as follows:

An interesting person has gone to many exotic places, has a list of achievements and a selection of unusual hobbies. They live life at a fast pace and cram a lot in. They can hold forth wittily at cocktail parties on the highlights of their hectic life.

An interested person is curious about life in all its aspects. When spending time with them, the most mundane places and activities suddenly seem fresh and interesting.

I think I’d enjoy the company of the interesting person in short bursts but overall I’d prefer the interested person for the longer haul.

I understand you Outwith.

I love that sentiment actually, an interested person actually becomes interesting anyway - because they are nice people who listen.

Someone who's set out to appear interesting through many overtly visible experiences doesn't become interesting no matter how hard they try, and yet someone who may have lived a very humble life, still has a lifetime of 'experience'.

It's like a film - it can be action packed, but not interesting, but it can be subtle and nuanced and incredibly interesting without all the special fx! it has a story worth following.

Everyone has 'interests' if not official hobbies. Lots enjoy cooking, baking, reading, listening to music, cinema, fairly run of the mill stuff really, it just depends on how you describe them and talk them up when other people ask.

I’m boring. Mostly because I’m incredibly lazy though.

I also don’t mind, because I’m happy like this for now.

I am incredibly lazy too, I’m trying to find something that makes me less lazy and more interesting, answers on a postcard please

I have hobbies and I still consider myself boring!

I didn’t after the age of 12, but then developed them in my 20s.

One of my hobbies is a craft, so done alone at home. But the other is volunteering so gets me out and about having adventures and doing things I never thought I would, as well as more mundane stuff. I’ve made some great friends through it. I used to do a sport through which I made some fab friends and travelled round the uk doing it.

I don’t have kids though, so I have the time for hobbies!

An extremely boring person once called me"spectacularly hobbiless" (sp? Is it a word?)

In my free time I see my friends, watch TV, read, walk my dogs. I just like to chill or catch up with people.

Actually I’ve changed my mind, I don’t think I’m boring, not to those few friends I have. I think I’m bored. That’s what it is. I’m bored because I do very little. Not boring.

Do you think that’s what it is for you too OP?

I think I’m bored. That’s what it is. I’m bored because I do very little. Not boring. I think that's the issue.

Everybody is boring to somebody. I'd find someone who spends their free time drinking & clubbing boring as hell, and likewise they'd probably find me boring too. But give me someone who reads a lot, or who has similar taste in tv (US Crime dramas, shark films etc.), or who has a passion for history or whatever and we'd probably talk for hours. And you'd actually need to get me talking. Polite conversation I'm crap at and you might give up there & then. You'd miss getting to something interesting because I need someone to sound (and look) interested to give me the confidence to talk.