When I socialize, I’m not looking for a way to just pass the time. I already have a full list of hobbies and interests and not enough hours in the day to enjoy them all. But I am always looking for a new person with whom I can share my passions and my world. Sometimes meeting that one new person can be worth the agony of socializing. I like to think I’m the kind of person worth socializing for, and I know I’m not the only one of my kind.
Well said. I have enough hobbies and interests, all solo to completely occupy myself for months. Everything else appears to get in the way of my interests. Some of my interests involve people but those people are not exclusive to my interests. If I drop that hobby, I also drop those people. It’s just how I approach things. I’ve never had a friendship that transcends my interests whereas most people get hobbies in order to meet people, I meet people because I have a hobby.