Introvert....Extrovert....Can they Survive?

[a girl]

Thanks Beatrice and Laura for your replys.

I am currently dating a introvert. He is SO opposite of me.
I just dont get why he needs SO MUCH alone time. Some is ok. Everybody needs time to theirselves.

I guess he would be a lion.
I would be Golden Retriever.

He recently took a job out of town, 15 hrs away. He is loving his alone time but wishes he could be with me more.
I told him i would come stay awhile with him. He said a week, in his SMALL apartment is all he could stand. The apartment is small and his alone time, space would be invaded. He wants me there but the place is too small.
I got offended about this because I feel if he really wants to be with me he could do anything. He doesnt see it that way.

What are your opinions on this?


Renee

Let's turn it around.

"I don't see why she needs so much together time. I feel if she really wanted to be with me, she could do anything. She doesn't see it that way."

I'm an introvert. People are exhausting. If I have a day at work full of meetings and talking to people for 8 hours, when I get home I can barely make it until S7 goes to bed and then I have to curl up with a book and not talk to people - it takes a couple hours to recharge.

If you love him, you should respect the ways in which he is different from you - trying to change people never works. You can only change you.