18 Truths About Every Secret Introvert

    "But you're so outgoing!"

    1. You love dinner parties, but you're terrified of house parties.

    2. You can work a crowd like anyone else, but at the end of the night you need some serious alone time.

    3. You get super bashful when people sing happy birthday to you at restaurants.

    4. You may have a lot of friends but you spend 95% of your time with your closest two or three BFFs.

    5. You try hard to be extra-friendly when meeting new people...

    6. And though you always seem ~ready to go~ on the outside, on the inside you're like:

    7. When the weekend rolls around, you're expected to go out. But you're secretly looking forward to staying in and watching The Good Wife.

    8. Your favorite luxury is spending time with the person you know best.

    9. When people talk about how much they need to be around other people, you're like:

    10. When you confess that you're an introvert, your friends are like, "No way, you're so outgoing."

    11. And you're like, "On the OUTSIDE."

    12. Whenever you're out, there's always a part of you that's sort of looking ahead to social hour ending.

    13. ... because you can only really ~process your day~ when you have some time to yourself.

    14. When you're out with your friends who are genuine extroverts, you're wowed by their magic.

    15. Sometimes you let all the text messages in your phone pile up...

    16. Because read receipts are the enemy.

    17. You have a whole little pep talk you give yourself before going out and getting ~extroverted~ for the night.

    18. But sometimes when your friends come over to chill before a night out, you kind of wish you could all just stay in.