Oh you can find out all sorts of things about people online!
(Hint: the direct way is never the best!)
TK i did not mean to sound that harsh but it kinda gets to me , i see something i go at it. I did not imply all people who are loners are narcisists or anything close , i just felt like it kinda depicted your position. Sociopaths and people with sociopathic traits can't really do without any strong constant interactions. Granted i do not have a child nor do i know the impact it would have in my lifestyle , it could be so important to me that mind games with people around me would not be necessary anymore. Still my beliefs up to now are to strive for my betterment. And i do think there is a ceiling you hit when trying alone to improve yourself. You need others that can challenge your mind , you need others to see what mistakes you make and improve upon them. You need the friction highly intelligent people bring. But as said again i'm still young and this is all subject to change , i still live with very few ties attached and not an incredible amount of responsibilities e.g a child or a marriage.
by FriendlyNeighbourI did not imply all people who are loners are narcisists or anything close , i just felt like it kinda depicted your position.
I am a loner. There's no denying that. I've been this way my entire life and that's because I find most other people boring and I have very little interest in forming emotional attachments to them. As far as I'm concerned, there's no point in befriending someone unless they're of use to me. And by that I mean, unless I can take advantage of them in some way.
As far as narcissism goes... I have some narcissistic traits, but that doesn't make me a narcissist in the disordered sense. There are lot of NPD traits that I don't have.
Sociopaths and people with sociopathic traits can't really do without any strong constant interactions.
Most people are like me. They tend to do most of their socializing online. I believe that counts as interaction because that's exactly what it is. You don't have to be face to face with someone to socialize, not in this day and age.
Socializing online has a lot of advantages. The only real advantage of socializing off the net is that gets you out and about. I like socializing off the net as well at times, but I live in a boring ass town with nothing to do and most people I know wouldn't be very open to the things I like to discuss.