Being a part of society is a good thing, but sometimes people take it a little too far.
Case in point: apparently, a lot of people these days can’t conceive of someone being alone for a while by choice. They view being alone as a “social failure” - as if the only way to be alone at a particular time is if nobody in the world wanted your company.
This includes, but is not limited to, “romantic” company (or lack thereof).
I live alone, and have done so for several years now, so, while I enjoy any particular interesting company, I am quite used to be alone. And I am certainly not the only one.
But on more “social” occasions, such as a “night on the town”, even people who live alone seem to need some company - no matter how uninteresting, it appears. Several people have recently became shocked when I tell them that sometimes I go out at night alone. They reply with things like “oh, I’d never do that! how can you?”, or “you’re really weird!”, or “why didn’t you call so and so to go with you?”. They can’t imagine that, sometimes, I do like to be on my own (and I’d rather be alone than in lousy company, but that’s another story). Or, maybe, I would even have liked an interesting company, but none was available, and I went anyway, on my own, because I am able to have fun alone, because I enjoy the place for what it is.
Why are people so dependent on others? Why do they see being alone as a sign of failure?
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