I don't think I ever get really close to anyone. I have a couple of life-long friends, & my husband, but I never give away much of myself, and I try to keep people from becoming too close to me, giving me too much of themselves. It's not that I fear getting hurt, more like I don't want the burden of someone else's problems, the burden of co-dependency, even if it's positive co-dependency. I don't like to 'need' anyone for anything, and I don't want anyone to need me.

I don't approach other people, either, or initiate conversations - I let people who are interested in me for whatever reason come to me.

One of my friends said that I'm kind of like the hermit who lives on the mountain-top, and you have to go through all kinds of hardships, making your way up these sheer cliffsides, fighting off rabid wombats & badgers, & once you go through the pitch-black, snake, bat & scorpion infested cave, cross the lake of lava & swim the River of Death, I laugh at you hysterically when you ask me your question & reply "Know thyself" before I start throwing rocks & spiders at you.