I obviously never had children, but do have a very close relationship with my husband...as you likely guessed. However, though I'm not a shy person, I do fit the description of introvert. How that is is that I am very happy to entertain myself well, not relying on others for my personal enjoyment of life. I think it can be a good thing, as you wrote. I do need at least a little support in life, but to me a couple close people is fine. I don't need 10 or more friends, like others do. Never did.

Perhaps a negative about me is that I tend to be a bit guarded when meeting new people, and with many people. I am nice, but don't always open up that much to people. However, when I'm very close to a person, I've very close and dedicated. And again, just a few people in my life, and they tend to be people capable of unconditional love with reasonable expectations from me.