Does anyone else find socialising exhausting?

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Or am I an oddball?

I would say I'm a popular person and have lots of friends but I just cannot socialise too often and when I do I just feel exhausted.

What I find annoying about extroverts is that they don't seem to be able to do anything on their own and need me around to do it with them, when I'd prefer to just do it alone (with a chat about it here and there) and then go through the result.

mumm that's a good point about more should be know about introverts at school. I am a teacher and one school I worked in was really pushing for group working among the students. I remember one poor kid being pushed into working with other kids when he clearly felt very uncomfortable about it. It was like we were on mission to produce the best collaborative workers for the future. Some understanding that some people get stressed in these type of situations would have been good. It is also something I will think about in my teaching. I will add that I am an introvert. I love teaching but it is really exhausting. I never connected the two before but now I see why a classroom setting can be stressful and tiring for me.

Very good point about introverts and group work. I hate working in groups -had forgotten that!
When we did one of those cheesy group exercises at work where you have to work out how to get rescued off a desert island - first on your own, and then with a group and tot up the scores. It is supposed to prove you get a higher score working in a group than on your own.
Mine was the odd score that was better on my own than with the group
Was because my logic was not accepted by the group and I could not persuade them, they were persuaded (wrongly) by the louder types..

Finding socialising exhausting is a trait on the autistic spectrum. Doesn't mean that's the case with you but you may want to explore if other traits sound familiar.