That makes sense. I found that I like to go out more if I was able to predict the activities of the night. And perhaps your profession allows you that? Or at least socializing in an environment that is slightly controlled b/c of your profession?

I think that makes perfect sense. When you're in you're element, it's easier to be a little more outgoing. I'm like that at work, but I am exhausted at the end of the day.

Its very hard for me to open up to new people. I've very bad eye contact. I do feel comfortable only in the company of very good friends. Very little things make me nervous. Introvert in a nutshell.

25 years of retail management. I talk to people all day long. And then when I get home, I don't want to see or speak to or deal with ANYONE.

Although I'm not so much an introvert as an extrovert that hates people.

the situation changes when you're working professionally. it was same with as a newspaper reporter