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Cashmere - Feb 26, 2013 7:02:49 pm PST #12930 of 30001

Now tagless for your comfort.

what's the term for someone who is very much an extrovert, but absolutely needs a certain amount of alone time/down time?

Me.

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meara - Feb 26, 2013 7:18:07 pm PST #12931 of 30001

What's the first thing you do when you sit down next to someone on an airplane? Right! TALK.

Um, hell to the no. I"ma vote NO. With a big side of NO.

Atropa - Feb 26, 2013 7:23:25 pm PST #12932 of 30001

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

What's the first thing you do when you sit down next to someone on an airplane? Right! TALK.

Ahahahahaha. No.

le nubian - Feb 26, 2013 7:25:20 pm PST #12933 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

When I sit down next to someone in an airplane, I look at them, assess their body language, perhaps say hello, and pull out my noise-canceling earphones as an implied next action. That usually is enough to stall conversation before it starts.

In my history of traveling, I think I have sat next to an interesting person twice. The odds are really low.

Consuela - Feb 26, 2013 7:36:39 pm PST #12934 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Several years ago I flew to Anchorage for work, which is of course many hours, and as I was getting my bag out of the overhead I said something to the guy next to me--and discovered that not only did we work for the same agency, but that we worked on the same floor of my office building. Different divisions, but seriously. It was very weird.

In general, no, I don't talk to people on the plane: I read, or sleep.

Ginger - Feb 26, 2013 7:38:05 pm PST #12935 of 30001

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I sat next to a guy once who worked for a chemical company, and we had a very geeky chemistry discussion. That is the sum total of my interesting conversations on an airplane. I have also spent a plane ride next to someone who was trying to convince me to accept Jesus.

My mother talks to everyone, which is why it takes forever to do anything with her.

Cashmere - Feb 26, 2013 7:41:00 pm PST #12936 of 30001

Now tagless for your comfort.

I have also spent a plane ride next to someone who was trying to convince me to accept Jesus.

That happened once to DH. He told her he had, but that I was struggling with that decision. He's lucky I didn't strangle him.

Vortex - Feb 26, 2013 7:47:58 pm PST #12937 of 30001

"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

what's the term for someone who is very much an extrovert, but absolutely needs a certain amount of alone time/down time?

Me.

And me. Although apparently this makes us introverts, because the key factor is how you recharge. It's why I like to have my own room at the F2F. I LOVE to be with people, but sometimes I need to be by myself, and I can get very cranky if I am not able to be.

billytea - Feb 26, 2013 7:51:30 pm PST #12938 of 30001

You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

In my history of traveling, I think I have sat next to an interesting person twice. The odds are really low.

I find myself sitting next to an interesting person quite often. Because I bring them with me.

aurelia - Feb 26, 2013 8:07:11 pm PST #12939 of 30001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The last time I flew I sat next to someone wearing this hat. [link]

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