This troper, who has the personality of a typical loner and is always prepared to be one, somehow gets swamped with friends. It happened going from elementary to middle school (most of the old friends went to a different one) and I thought I would be left alone. Nope. It happened twice moving to different states. I expected to be {{Eating Lunch Alone}} and even looked forward to being regarded as a Are Freaks}} freaky loner - didn't happen. Not that that's bad, mind you, but I'm never sure how I keep finding people who are actually compatible with me/like me. I usually form a tight, small circle of people I consider good friends and stay with them, rather than made a million 'almost' friends.

Wow, it's like you're my clone... I was always horrible at staying a loner; people were always just so ''nice'' to me for reasons I cannot fathom. I'm at least grateful for that. (And why is it that all the friends who flock to me have some form of disorder, like Asperger's or bipolar or ADHD, while I have nothing of the sort? I guess that's a good thing, right?)

This troper. PERIOD.

I have never been eager to make friends once I get into a new school, but somehow, people treats me like if I was the nicest person in the world, even with my ocaasional comments and strange behavior

This troper, so much so. I walked into class and snuck off to the corner, next to a window, so that I could have some peace and quiet. Within two minutes about six cheerful, noisy people had gathered around me, most of them insisting that they wanted to keep me company. "You're all alone!" That was the ''point''.

What's even creepier is that people have gotten used to flocking around me even while I'm alseep. Waking up to about three faces looking at you is not a pleasant experience.

This troper has recently become this. After having a massive BreakTheCutie moment which took up most of his childhood and early teen years, he finally stopped caring about what others thought of him. Strangely, not caring about being popular has made him more popular than when he cared. Huh.

This troper's noticed that, despite his notions of ascetic isolation and meditation, he generally becomes dumber when alone for too long, even in the matters he sought to retreat and think about in the first place. All he usually gets from his hermitage are a few semi-clever phrases to describe what he started with in the first place.

This troper hates getting attention, has a hard time trusting others, loathes people in general and not one day passes by without her thinking "I'm SurroundedByIdiots!" at least twice. Funnily enough, every time she manages to sneak off to get some alone time, her classmates always shows up and insists to keep her company since they pity her for being ''soooo lonely''. Apparently, they don't understand that's ''exactly what she wants''!