Ha, maybe if I have kids, it will get these people off my back I wonder if what I am going through is just a process of getting older, even if I don't have kids --- sitting around gabbing over coffee is not interesting to me anymore. There's other stuff to do! A lot of it!

Snakecharmer, social activity drains me as well. I need recovery time and huge doses of alone time. I also make myself go out when I don't really want to because I know that relationships are important, but sometimes I wonder if that is the right approach.

I really need to figure out how to say no nicely and to stop saying that I have a flexible schedule.