I've always been an introvert and not very good at having a social life so I'm used to being alone. I spend a lot of time goofing off, surfing the internet, playing games online, reading, watching TV/movies. And I do go out at least once or twice a week for groceries or to run various errands.

Folks laugh but I haven';t had the influenza in 10 years tho I have not had the vaccines. I know how to self isolate as a lifestyle choice.. People are not laughing at me anymore as they once did. But then I see no people anymore as a retired introvert.

Learn to be a lone, not lonely!!!

My three cats that adopted me, keep me busy!!!

Oh, yes the eight to ten feral cats I feed daily are fun too!!!

Same for me. I certainly don't lack things to do.

I lost my cat at the beginning of the year and am really missing her this week. Perhaps I'm more social in my seclusion than I believe, or maybe it's the loss of simple "people" interactions like going to the library, but this isolation feels different than my usual reclusiveness.

...I don’t even have a cat I’m pretty good at it, though. Felt I’d died after selling the family homestead and heading east, alone… The smallest of things became special. Coming here is nice, thus I’m addicted.

Actually, I make friends easy, but seem to now prefer alone, as to with.. Haven’t told anyone, yet ..but this self-isolating feels like a vacation!

I've been missing hugs for YEARS now. I'm going to try to get some people to do video calls.

I don't think of it as isolation time but as me time and I'm getting more and more selfish with that. I find that that I enjoy the company of the opposite sex, but in small doses, and that isn't a sexual reference. I'm just pretty ok with being by myself. I do have a dog, a rottie, and he's very affectionate.

Not much different for me.

Been living alone several years but a companion would be nice

I'm not a loner even though I haven't had a boyfriend for 3 years. I've had lots of buddies to run around with but know I should keep them at a distance for a while.

I have a sweet old dog and a new to me cat. Trying to figure out how to handle the cat situation is keeping my mind quite busy since I am really not a cat person. The cat is definitely a people person so I am the object of his affection constantly. He obviously does not know that I'm the reason he no longer has balls.

I crave the isolation sometimes.

I’m in the same boat you are. The dog and I have been isolating for most of four years, and before that for close to ten with a cat. Would love to have a female person to snuggle with, by have accepted the chances of that happening are pretty slim.

I too am like you. Glad I have my cats though, they do like to cuddle. My dogs not so much and my parrots just think that cuddles = rip my face off time......

I'm much like you x