Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
My point was that I think everybody, no matter how social or introverted or extroverted, needs to belong to a group somehow.
Then I am in trouble. Now that I am retired, I no longer belong to any sort of "group". I have individual friends scattered all over, some out of the US, but no social group, no work group, no clubs, etc. And since we are traveling full-time, it would be very hard to become part of any group.

Then again, other than a work group, I have never been a "group person". Never joined a sorority, never really had a group of friends; rather, individual friends, only a few of whom knew each other. I've just always been more of an individual or (usually) part of a couple. I had a boyfriend all the way through high school and college (different ones), and married youngish (24), and have been married to the same man for 31 years. Other than our extended families, which I guess you could say are a form of group, we just aren't in any groups.

I think social relationships (friendships, family, etc) are important, but groups, not necessarily. Not for we odd birds, anyway!