> Parties etc. can be the same.

They can for some, but to be very clear, I don't. I feel mentally drained in a way I absolutely do not enjoy. The experience can be fun during, but the net benefit to me is low enough, and for many types of socialising it's firmly in the negative, that I restrict myself very much in terms of what socialising I consider worthwhile.

As I said, it's very much down to your personality - most of the time I'd rather spend time in peace and quiet alone or with my wife or son (and I need some of that time to be entirely alone)

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	▲	sufficientsoup an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This post seems overly on the offense. Where did the parent commenter imply anything was a "default position" or "big deal"?
	▲	vidarh an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		WTF are you on about? I made it very clear I did not assume it was a default position. In fact, I made the comment because the comment I replied to presented the opposite option and I wanted to point out that it depends on personality.