That's exactly right. I think I adapted to liking my alone time because, years ago, I had no choice. I was part of a group of people who were very conservative and by a certain age were of the mindset that the friendships of their youth were to be left by the wayside in order to focus on marriage ("leaving and cleaving.") I didn't know this was a thing, and invested a lot of time and energy into maintaining these friendships and then *poof* they were gone. Which is hard for the newly grown up kid who survived a childhood full of rejection and abandonment.

But I'm alright. Today I am. I do have people...it's not everything I want but when is it ever? Sometimes people care, they just care about themselves more so it seems like they aren't paying much attention.