>>21715591Not that guy, but some people are just not meant to have any deep emotional attachment with someone else. I talk from experience because I've been in two relationships, and even as hard as I tried, I realized that being intimate with someone was uncomfortable and I needed extensive alone moments, something that the other person would normally get upset about and treat it as if you didn't care.
For me the best relationship would be one where both sides can tolerate being away and not needing intimacy very often at all, but at that point, do you really call that an actual relationship?
And just in case you consider the idea, no, I am well adapted to society as far as that goes. Yet even people who considered me their best friend, over the years I realized that while I do appreciate their company, I'm still far better off alone. Inside, I never really cared about them at such an emotional level as they probably did with me (but that doesn't mean I was a jerk either).
So no, I hardly derive pleasure of all the things people usually say about having a relationship with someone else. Call it selfishness, call it autism, call it what you will really, but there are people who really don't want that level of intimacy.
