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Welcome, everybody, to our support group for introverts in the age of COVID.
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Thank you for social distancing.
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How are you guys doing?
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Hey, I'm doing okay, I think I'm just a little nervous.
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Nervous, okay, about what exactly?
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I'm just not ready for things to be opening up already.
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Okay, so you think it's unsafe?
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I don't think so, I just don't wanna have to go back to needing a reason to cancel plans.
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Oh my gosh, same!
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Last year my grandma died eight times.
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Wait, what?
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I know, it was a nightmare keeping things straight.
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She had three car accidents, pneumonia, and Dengue fever.
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I'm shocked I didn't tell someone the same story twice.
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Maybe I did, and they just assumed my grandpa remarried a lot.
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Totally.
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At least now I can say stuff like: "Oh, it's a shame we can't go grab a beer, maybe when things are back to normal."
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They know I don't mean it, I know I don't mean it, but at least it looks like I made an effort.
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So, you don't actually want to see your friends again?
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No, I do, I just like the system we have now.
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We meet outside a restaurant, we grab takeout, we go to a park and eat away from everybody else.
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No extra people, it's perfect.
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You know you can do that anyway, right?
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That's literally just a picnic.
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Well, yeah, but right now I have a built-in eject button.
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So if I'm not feeling up to it on the day of, I just say: "Oh, I've got a little cough, I've got a fever," and boom, two weeks of guilt-free me-time, baby.
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That is brilliant.
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What if you guys just turn down plans directly?
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I don't wanna do that, I'm not great with conflict.
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It took me two-and-a-half years to tell my dad he was saying my girlfriend's name wrong.
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We almost broke up over it.
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Plus, if you keep turning things down, you stop getting invited.
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Is that a problem?
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Uh, of course!
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Just because I don't wanna go doesn't mean I don't wanna be invited.
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I want to know they're thinking of me from a distance.
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Exactly!
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Man, it is great to know I'm not the only person who feels like that.
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This is a great moment, I'm glad you guys have so much in common.
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You can work together to get more comfortable at making plans.
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Maybe after tonight's meeting.
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That sounds like a great idea, I'd love to, but tonight's not good for me.
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, me neither.
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In fact, I'm feeling kind of, like, a little bit of a tickle in my throat.
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Probably nothing, but you can't be too careful.
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Of course, next time though, for sure.
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It's just my grandma right now, she's a little bit under the weather.
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Oh yeah, yeah, definitely, once things are back to normal.
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We'll do it, and we'll grab a beer.
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Perfect.