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A Letter To My Favorite Extrovert

An introvert's open letter.

Morgan Robert

Sep 17, 2016

California University of Pennsylvania

Ashley Errico

Every introvert as at least one extroverted person in their lives that they love to death, but can't understand. So to make it a little easier for us to communicate our feelings, here's an open letter to the extroverts from the introverts.

"To my favorite extrovert,

I love you.

I love your energy and your spirit and being your best friend. And just because I also love long naps and having time to myself doesn't mean I love you any less.

I love you, but I need you to understand that being around lots of people for a long time makes me feel like I ran a mental marathon...like I took the SATs every day for a week and I'm so exhausted I could sleep forever.

I love you, and all I ask is that you respect my need to be alone as I respect your need for socialization. I don't want to make it seem like I don't want to spend time with you; and if I'm honest, I spend most of my time neglecting my own need for space and quiet to ensure that you don't feel that way. I do want to be around you. I care about you so much, and I know that we just have different needs. You know how you feel when you've been alone or doing nothing for a long time? How anxious and jittery it makes you? I feel the same way, except in the exact opposite context. I know it's difficult to wrap your mind around how someone can not enjoy socializing - trust me - I felt the same way when I realized there were people in this world who actually enjoyed it.

I love you.

I love you, you beautiful extrovert. I love your free spirit and your active mind and your love for human interaction. I acknowledge that you have these needs, and I have others. I respect your taste for adventure and communication. I adore you for you who are, and I wouldn't change you for anything in the world. Even if I could make you an introvert like me or make myself and extrovert, I wouldn't do it. Then we wouldn't be us anymore. Our friendship is the way it is because of who we are.

We just need to find a way that works for us. And it doesn't matter how hard it will be - I know we can put forth the effort. We matter to each other, and that's what matters.

I love you, I am grateful for you, and you are my best friend just the way you are.

-Your Introvert"

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