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Reporter Yoé Shaw is an introvert who loves her extroverted friends.
She wants to make that clear.
There's just one problem.
Sometimes the energy is off.
The other week, I was hanging out with an extroverted friend who I love.
dearly, and I felt pressured to match their energy, which I obviously didn't succeed at.
And after the hang, I was like, what just happened?
Why just hanging out with this person?
I love, feel so bad.
I bet it wasn't fun for them.
While there isn't one agreed upon definition,
generally extroverts tend to be more talkative, outgoing, energetic, and really into socializing.
and introverts tend to be more introspective, quiet, deliberate, and really into a lone time.
But this is a spectrum, not a binary, and many of us fall somewhere in between the two.
The thing is, there are a lot of people along this continuum who just don't quite get each other.
And it's like really awkward to talk about, because it feels like you're saying,
essentially, I love you, but I'm having a hard time with your personality.
Like, that's...