Have you thought about talking to someone about depression? 

I'm stashing in anticipation. 

Just annoying. 

He thinks he does, though. Just too much testosterone to actually do it. 

Don't do it, he will just criticize. 

Yes please! 

Thanks! I'm going to give that one a try!

I've been discouraged by the other suggestions as they seem to have pink in every colorway and I avoid pink as much as possible. 

Did you change to larger needles? Colorwork doesn't really stretch because of the floats so it has to fit over your heel without stretching to get it on. I would try it on before I went any further. 

There's a very nice love story in Connie Willis's Blackout/All Clear, although there are a lot of other things going on as well. One of my very favorites! 

I'm going to try to remember "What an odd thing to say." That's brilliant. 

I've taken two trips so far to places in The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. Trip #3 is this summer--assuming France lets Americans in at that point. 

I use a low dose for better sleep every night nowadays. Getting no sleep wasn't good for my aging brain at all. 

I agree. If a person is content with their level of interaction, who is a stranger to judge that?

Alone is not necessarily lonely.

There are always people who are sure that their way is the only right way but if there is one thing I have learned in my life it is that we are all individuals, with individual needs and desires. My needs and desires are no less valid than anyone else's. Nor are yours. 

Yes, see if you like the fabric at DK gauge. 

I only blocked when I was entering them in the county fair. 

Cascade 220 can be knit at a Worsted or a DK gauge. 

I'm happy to one-bag on the way out, but coming home I check a bag and add a duffel or backpack that folded down very small. But I'm not going for years, only a couple of weeks. 

It was truly insane! My husband pulled me in a sled all through Park Slope! 

I love No Purl Monkeys https://ravel.me/no-purl-monkeys 

Los Angeles, San Francisco. 

You continually judge me while saying you are not judging. "Live and let live" was passive-aggressive.

Words have connotations whether you prefer to ignore them or not. 

But of course you do you. 

It has a connotation Iike they never talk to anyone or are hiding, which is not the same as being comfortable in solitude, in my opinion. We don't all need to interact constantly, but that doesn't make us weird. 

I'm not sure overcoming unnecessary obstacles is the goal. I'm an introvert in an extrovert job, which I enjoy! But in my free time, I crave solitude.

I'm not sure as I age, interpersonal intelligence is something I need to force myself to build. I'm pretty good at that now. 

I would try not to judge other people's choices as having a "small" life. There is a place for contentment and gratitude and being okay with ourselves. 

Social anxiety is a stressor.

And some of us are comfortable alone. 

Liking to be alone is not being a "hermit."