26 Totally Legitimate Thoughts Every Introvert Has Had

    *cough* I'm sick.

    Chelsey Pippin
    by Chelsey Pippin

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Pretending like you already have plans when you're invited to something.

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    Me: Oh no! I'm so gutted to miss it but I'm totally booked up that night 😭😭😭

    Me, really: *sneakily smiling internally*

    2. Cancelling plans for something you're invited to.

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    How important is your sister's wedding ACTUALLY.

    3. Praying someone else cancels the plans for something you're invited to.

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    Nothing tastes as good as getting out of plans feels.

    4. Actually going to something you're invited to, having a nice time, but still leaving early and being totally fine with that.

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    FACT: An introvert's high five is just clapping.

    5. Instagramming yourself in bed with a book while other people are Instagramming nights out.

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    Weekends are made for ALONENESS and no one will ever convince you otherwise.

    6. Ignoring text messages, even from people you really like.

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    Introverts know that liking someone does not mean having to talk to them all the time. Or even ever.

    7. Trying to give off a vibe that simultaneously says "I'm really nice but also no, I don't fancy a chat."

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    Smile, but never with teeth, and do not look them in the eye.

    8. Thinking "I wish people knew how funny and clever I am in my own head."

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    You know better than anyone how damn delightful your own company is.

    9. Then thinking "No I don't, because then I'd have to talk to people."

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    If being underestimated means being left alone, you're cool with it.

    10. Putting more energy into avoiding a phone call than the energy it would take to just make it.

    11. Hogging the bathroom at a party so you can -recharge-.

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    This "introvert at a party" starter pack 😂

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    Ditto for the house pet if there is one.

    12. Mysteriously "feeling faint" every time you're asked to work in pairs.

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    You've never been afraid of rejection, only forced inclusion.

    13. Getting all sweaty when you're stood next to a colleague at the coffee machine and trying to figure out how rude it is not to say anything.

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    It's not that you don't wish them well, it IS that you can't be bothered to be like "Waiting for water to boil, am I right?"

    14. This above situation, but at the loo sinks.

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    Pray, pray, pray they're too busy looking at themselves in the mirror to realise it's you.

    15. Wondering how you'll ever get ahead in life if the idea of -networking- makes you want to vom.

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    I always feel like a hostage negotiator whenever someone starts particularly vapid small talk with me: "listen, you don't have to do this."

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    Realistically you know you need other people to do, well, anything. But that doesn't mean you have to like it.

    16. Regularly Googling "remote jobs."

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    Turns out remote jobs usually include lots of phone calls. 😱 😱 😱

    17. Hoarding emergency snacks in your room in case your flatmates have people over and you just can't deal.

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    Is there anything worse than going into the kitchen in your dressing gown to find people drinking wine and laughing?

    18. Taking a nap after every social interaction.

    19. Frequenting a shitty coffee shop just because you know it's usually empty.

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    Sure the coffee tastes like old wood and the barista gives you the stink eye, but that's just how you like it.

    20. Fantasizing about winning the lottery, buying a cabin in the woods, and becoming a self-sufficient hermit.

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    Introvert dream homes

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    You have a Pinterest board full of secluded cottages, if you're being honest.

    21. Planning really glamorous, pampering alone time.

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    You fancy that your extrovert friends will get FOMO on your you-time.

    22. But actually just going home, taking off your trousers, and Netflixing the night away.

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    Look, you like what you like.

    23. Looking for the other introverts in a group...

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    "Dear God let me not be alone in wanting to be alone."

    24. And then wondering how exactly introverts hit it off.

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    I mean, can two people really bond over a mutual disinterest in bonding though?

    25. Worrying that you're not introverted, you're just boring.

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    Liking being by yourself doesn't exclude you from experiencing self-doubt.

    26. Remembering how funny you are in your own head and how much you love your own company and breathing a big sigh of relief.