Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: guest post on privacy in cohousing?

[Jerry McIntire (jerry.mcintire]

Not really a variant, a fundamental difference. My wife participates well,
is a great meeting facilitator, is an introvert, and needs time alone to
gather her forces-- which we all do to some extent, but social situations
are draining to her. I, on the other hand, thrive in and am energized by
extensive interaction with others and am happy to be with strangers
socially. If we can manage this difference in our marriage, I think
cohousing communities can also manage it. As with any difference, it helps
if those involved recognize the differences and respect them as simple
differences, not choices to be criticized or ignored, or needing to be
changed.

Jerry McIntire

On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 11:40 PM, R Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> 
wrote:

>
> That's a variant of introvert / extrovert with which I was not familiar,
> and I have no quarrel with it.  But I think the question of origin was, Is
> there something special about cohousing that makes it particularly
> difficult to find time alone?  Or, enjoy private family time?
>
> Philip Dowds
>
> > On Oct 3, 2015, at 7:53 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I don’t think introverted can be equated with non-participating. Some
> people are both extroverts and non-participating.
> >
> > The sign of an introvert — and it took me a long time to learn that I
> wasn’t just strange — is that introverts build energy while alone.
> Extroverts are energized by social contact and even become anxious without
> it.
> _________________________________________________________________
> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at:
> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
>
>
>