While I like to occassionally go out with dh and friends, most of the time I would just rather be at home. I love staying home and cleaning, decorating, doing all the homey things. Anyone else feel this way?

I am home pretty much all the time unless shopping for groceries a couple time a month.
I am not much for being around other people .
Give me my home and a good book or crochet project and I'm a happy camper.
I do at time enjoy going out with Fiance and DS to eat.
Will be out more this summer as i'm going to be doing some farmers markets.

I love to be home. Weather its inside or out in the yard. I don't need the tv on all day to occupy my mind. I enjoy working on things in the kitchen, rearranging rooms or pulling weeds. I can find hours of enjoyment reading, writing letters to friends or rolling out pie dough.
Home is where the heart is and mom is the heart of the home.

Laurie in Bradenton

I too belong here :) I love being home except when I have to go to the grocery store or library really. My oldest DS told me I am a bear who likes to hibernate in my cave, lol ... guess that really suits me fine.

I'm another homebody. I love being home, working in my house, decorating, cooking, etc. I find more satisfaction from my home and family than anything else.

I would be a home body. I hate to go out anywhere especially when it is cold. We just sit at home and hang out rather than go out to any clubs or other places like that. Once in a while is nice,but for the most part we stay home. Saves money that way!!

I never thought of myself as a homebody until lately. I've been dealing with some minor health issues which sorta forced me to be here. Then we had some car trouble but that's fixed now. I've always been a sahm(35yrs). My kids are all grown and gone. I've truely been enjoying this pharse of my life. I like puttering around and getting things done. I love the spring when I can get outside and do yard work and start my garden. Come to think of it I've alwayss loved it when it snows and you have hold up in your house. I cook something like soup and enjoy the woodstove. That makes me feel all homey!

This is SO me! DH and I are both total homebodies!

me too me tooo lol

I am a homebody also. I would much prefer to be home then any where else.

I do like to get out once in awhile to go for dinner, or auctions, flea-markets, yard sales, etc. But no clubs or bars or places like that.

Home is just fine with me.

Another home body here. Especially during the work week, once I get home it almost takes a dynamite blast to get me back out of the house. During the weekend, I do enjoy going out and doing errands and such but am very glad to get back home.

As far as going out other than errands, recently everyone just comes over to my house and I cook and we hang out there. I love it. It's gotten to the point, that if I'm not at work or the grocery store I'm at home and I love it.

I'm definitely a homebody, I'd much rather be at home with my kids playing games or doing puzzles than going out somewhere.

My extended family finds this rather odd, since when I was in high school, I was a total social butterfly. I was a cheerleader, on the girls dance squad, always at a party, always hanging out.

I have a very loud, boisterous personality, whereas my sister, who has been painfully shy most of her life, has become a "joiner" she's a member of a camping club, they have a Gamester's group, a dinner group. She's always asking me to come to this party or that when she is the host, but I just can't see myself sitting around playing board games and making chitchat with a bunch of people I don't know. I finally met one of her closest friends at my niece's birthday party. This is a woman who my sister "talked up" constantly, said I had tons of things in common with her and we would get along great and then the three of us could do things together and hang out. OMG, that was the rudest, most boring woman I'd ever met. It just solidified my decision to stay home when she throws these parties.

She loves going out to lunch with the girls in the office, and I would much rather eat at my desk. I just get kind of --not nervous, but "on edge" if I'm surrounded by too many people at once. If it's crowded. the kitchen we have at work is SMALL, and there are 6 girls and 3 guys all trying to use it at once. Freaks me out. I bring a cold sandwich and a soda and stay at my desk.

I'm a home n hearther, too!
We're usually home all week and use the weekend to run errands n get out n about. Being 'home' includes the house, the property, the family n friends n critters we have here--plenty to make me smile!
While I enjoy traveling now and again and meeting new people is something I do well, I really like being home with those I love most of all.
I, too, like having folks come to our home--the absolute best to me is cooking and having friends n family here at home.

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ah and here i thought i was just antisocial. i cant stand being around lots of people, i get all nervous and cranky. id much rather be in my house cleaning or baking something.

ah and here i thought i was just antisocial. i cant stand being around lots of people, i get all nervous and cranky. id much rather be in my house cleaning or baking something.

:yeah: I just love being at home.

I'm definitely a homebody,
when I was in high school, I was a total social butterfly. I was a cheerleader, on the girls dance squad, always at a party, always hanging out.

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Thats me. In high school I was a social butterfly, infact my mom always joked that that was the only reason I went to school.

Now I would rather stay home. I didnt realize it until a short time ago. I would complain that we coudnt go out, now we can and I dont want to.

MY chat rooms are enough socialization for me

We are homebodies too! Dh will go hang out with my brother once in a while and I go out to groceries. Other than that the only time we go out is when we go for a family walk. Our walks are at least an hr and more often than not we walk for about 3 or 4 hrs. We take the wagon with snacks and drinks and then the 3yr old can rest. I love these walks and they are pretty much the only thing I really enjoy away from home.

I am a stay home mom, that watches kids...yucky!!!!!!!! no, not that bad. But I really am not much into going out any more. I am very content, playing with my kids and the others. A good book, a sunny day, (on the weekends, my favorite is the trampoline in the sun, wrapped up in a big blanket..) I try to hide, but my kids find me, and we just lay there and laugh and talk. Warm and Happy. I wouldn't trade that for anything.
Ms Louise

We're defintiely homebodies. I love being home, just doing my own thing. We do go to church frequently and we have just a few friends we occasionally get together with but we mostly entertain ourselves. :) I have never been an extrovert and being around groups of people just wears me out.

Me! Me! Me! If I didn't have to work, I'd almost never leave the house. Well, except for groceries, since I do like to eat, and to hit the fabric stores -- just because! I have always been a homebody, even through school. I'm an introvert too, and being around a lot of people wears me out too. I hate being "on stage." I am never totally relaxed except when I'm home alone. But I have to admit, home is play space. I can't honestly say I like the cleaning, cooking aspect of it! And I also regret to have to report that it shows....

My youngest DD likes to go, go, go but I just like staying home and doing things around the house.

I am definitely a homebody! I always have been, I was more social in high school (only to the extent that I would go along with my friends to school games or out to a pizza place after school sometimes.) If I didn't have to find a job to support myself I would stay home all day long, I have not found a job yet that seems to be worth my time and effort. I much prefer to be at home baking, cooking, reading, or writing. I don't mind going to the grocery store or the library, but that's typically the extent of my monthly outings. My fiance takes me out for lunch or dinner one time a month, I am glad that our finances are such that we can't afford more than that. I don't care for the rush, noise, and bustle of the city. I came from a tiny town and I haven't stopped longing for that pace of life.

I'm a total homebody now, but like others have mentioned I was a social butterfly in school. I was in plays from ages 5-21 (was getting paid to act the last 3 years), was in a garage punk band that played at frat parties etc. I was quite popular actually. (not bragging, just statement of fact)

My jobs were all in fields that had me dealing with the public, from news-talk radio to managing clothing stores. When I first had to quit work to take care of my Momma I thought I'd lose my mind. Strangely enough after that first year off from work I've grown to love being at home.

Who'd have thunk it?

I spend a lot of time at home on the :comp:, studying, writing letters & cleaning, baking, & now I'm going through things to get rid of.

I've never been social, and I get less and less social every year.

I go out Sat. mornings for groceries and whatever else needs to be picked up. I'd rather go sometime when there are fewer people out, but going on the weekends allows me to leave the kids at home so it is faster. When my daughter is taking a class at the art centre, I drop her off and pick her up. Those are basically the only times I leave the house, especially this time of year.

I do like to go on trips though, and love to visit natural or historical landmarks while we're away, but not shopping or other 'people' type attractions. I'll force myself through disneyworld for the kids, but I'd rather be at an historical site (or as my husband calls them "More ruins? :rolleyes: ")

I am most definitely a homebody. I've never, ever been a social person and happily spend every weekend at home baking, browsing the Internet, reading and going for walks. My dream is to live somewhere out in the country where I can be alone in the great outdoors when I want to be. If I didn't have to leave my home to go to work and grocery shopping, I wouldn't.

In case anyone is interested, I found a great site for people classified as introverts by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator tests (one of their characteristics is that they need to be alone some time every day to recharge). I'm certainly not saying that everyone who is a homebody is also an introvert, but it is a very interesting site with some incredible articles: http://www.theintrovertzcoach.com/articles_for_introverts_articles.html.

I'm a homebody. There are days when I just have to get away, but there is no place I love better than my home.

I love just being here sitting with family and enjoying our time.

I pretty much learned from this site to be a homebody...Other than work I only go to the stores once a week..I use to go out 2 to 3 times a week to the stores..I have to say I prefer to stay home..In the summer I love being home tending to my garden..

I'm the same way!:dishes:. I love to be homekeeping, putting flowers up, doing things at home with my dh and kiddos. I like to have people over and bbq, but as I have gotten older I find I'm not one who likes to be out a lot.

I like to be at home. We don't go out much, except to the grocery store, library, and YMCA. I have to force myself to go to the Y. I do it because I want to be healthy, and dd loves to swim. I like grocery shopping.

We only own one car, so I just got used to being at home most of the time, and that is fine with me. We eat nearly 100% of our meals at home.

I am definitely a homebody. I would rather wait to see a movie when I can rent it, I don't like going out to bars, occassionally going out with friends to dinner is the one thing I like to do. Yep, being home is my forte...

I don't really play well with others, and find that most people annoy me. (Wow, does that sound bad.) I'm not really a chit-chatter, and generally prefer to be with dh and the kids, or if we go out, it's with a few of my close friends who don't annoy me.

I don't mind going out with the family or with dh, but going out just to go out is not really my thing. Never was.

That being said, an old friend of mine is in a band, and they are playing at a local bar on Saturday night and I'm hoping to go see them. :) See, I do get out every now and then.

I love being at home, too. I need to get out at least once a day, but then I'm happy to be in again. I don't like to be in loud places and prefer to be with just one person at a time. It's not that our house is perfectly clean, although my husband seems to think it should be since I am home mostly, but I like to take my time in doing things. Enjoy the moments as they happen. I do work occasional shifts at the hospital, but then am just that more peaceful and satisfied when I get home.

Julie most of the time i would rather be home too. Once in awhile i get in the ruts where I feel anxious and have to go out a day or two. Otherwise Id rather be taking care of the house, crafting and thinking of other ideas to make for holidays up ahead. :knit:

I love being at home - I don't have to be "doing" anything either. I love being in my jammies, just drinking tea and reading a book, or being online, or scrapbooking. Now, having said that, I love doing fun stuff with people. but I always look forward to getting back home!

Our schedules are pretty reversed, so :smooch: and I hardly see eachother some days. So when we have the chance to spend time together, most times (unless something else was planned) we do so. Otherwise, I spend most of my time at home. It wouldn't be so bad if it was by choice, but I get really lonesome sometimes -- I don't really have any friends up here in the city that I can go out with and do things with or visit. Mainly because my friends that I do have here are either fairly well off or have children and are busy. :S

I am a homebody too. I don't mind being around other people but would much prefer them to come see me. I don't enjoy bars at all, way to loud in there. I would rather wait and see movies at home, much more enjoyable and don't hear the chitchat of other people or trying to see past the extremely tall person that sits in front of you. I do like to go shopping though, and really doesn't matter what I am shopping for. I like the thrill of getting the most bang for my buck, even if the bang is a plunger. The only places I go is my weekly errand trip on Fridays, volunteer at kids school when help is needed and once a month we go to dinner but we have changed that to everyother month in an attempt to be more frugal.

i to love to be home my nevers do better that way i just recently quit my job which in away i wish i did not i know that dont make sense but was just the right thing to do i work on crocheting and with my pets and my daughter and i am getting into reading alot to but home is great peace ful.......... and seadream i wish u the best for your adoption i adopted 15 yrs ago and best thing in the world

I am such a homebody. I always have been. Although I do work outside of the home, I am so anxious to get home. On the weekends, I really get off the place, except to go to church. I love nesting, decorating, cleaning, and cooking so much. When my girls all left home, I wasn't sure I would still be a homebody, but I still am. If we didn't need health insurance, I wouldn't work at all.

I love being home. I'm single and most people I know think I should go out more and socialize but I'm most comfortable in my home. I enjoy baking, reading and doing home improvement projects.

My workdays are long, generally 9 - 9 1/2 hours, and I usually work six days a week so coming home and having quiet time is important for me. Time to relax and rejuvinate.

Edited to correct spelling error.

Well, I guess that I'm not as alone as I thought!

I have to say that I am a homebody also. I do like to get out now and then but people that drive like idiots drive me crazy. We do go out to eat and once in a while to a movie. Not all in the same night it is just too expensive to do both in the same week. I enjoy being in my home and doing what I please when I please. It is my little kingdom on my own 3 acres. I scrapbook, watch the birds at the feeder, bake, listen to my CDs and putter. I would say clean alot but I have been in a slump lately with that. I am going on a short vacation and when I get home I will be recharged to clean the house again.:dancing:

I am also a homebody. I love to decorate, cook, clean, garden, do things around the house. Except, when I was younger, I always loved to be at home. To be at home for me is a comfort. I do go to work, get groceries, do things with the kids in the summer and go to the antique stores in the summer to browse. Outside of that let me be home!

Homebody here as well. Like some others here, I used to be super outgoing in high school and LOVED being around people. However, we live in an area where people are very full of themselves (you can see this by the way they drive) and everything revolves around money. So after we moved out of our not so nice apartments to a nice townhouse, I'm more than happy just to stay at home. I might take walks or meet up with a friend once in every week or two but other than that I only go out if it's necessary (I work PT with my son).

There is SO MUCH stuff to do at home! The necessities like cooking, cleaning and other chores take a huge chunk of my time. I also take my classes online so there is school work to be done, not to mention stuff i do for fun (gardening, reading, surfing the net and just daydreaming). But boy, I'm so happy to see I'm not the only one like this, I started to feel a bit weird about it a while back. :)

I'm also a homebody. I work from home, so Monday-Friday I usually have very little face-to-face contact with anyone other than my husband. I might stop and have a quick conversation with the neighbors when I'm out getting the mail or working in the yard, but that doesn't happen very often. I run errands on Saturdays and go to church on Sundays, but other than that I'm almost always at home. It doesn't bother me in the least. I could very easily be a hermit.

I'm a homebody, too! I love to be at home, as this is where I'm most comfortable. I would say that most people think I'm an extrovert - those who know me at work, or those I see around town, but I'd rather be at home alone or with my family anyday.

My kids tease me because they think I don't have any friends. I have a ton of acquaintances, but only a few friends. Also, friends are great, but sometimes they can be time consuming. After working full time, and all these years of taking care of kids and making sure they get where they need to go, time is something I don't have much of. When there is time, I like to be at home rejuvinating, puttering, cleaning, baking/cooking, etc.

You are not alone! :wave2:

The older I get the more of a homebody I become.
When I was in my 20s and early 30s I was never at home. Always working or doing this or that. I too like to just sit home sometimes in my pjs or sweats and spend time online, watch TV, play with my cat or read a magazine or two. On the weekends I really dislike going places because the malls, stores and such are always way too busy and crowded for my taste.

I'm not a hermit, but now about the only time I get out is to go grocery shopping and most of the time that is out of necessity not out of desire to go. SO says it's mostly caused by my depression than me actually being a homebody. Then again, SO is one that is always, always, always wanting to go and do something, anything, anywhere. Sometimes I wished I were more like him.

My MIL lives on our property, she is 76 ands goes out for hours every single day, just wandering around every store and mall within driving distance.Rain sleet hail, shes gone. Now me, just leave me here, I just love to stay home, Why have a home and want to be out all the time? I also hate to shop, unless its a thrift store or yard sale, then let me loose!

I, too, enjoy being at home. As another noter said, I like to go get groceries and go to the library, but it always makes me very happy to come back to my nest. :)

I really do prefer to stay at home. I guess maybe thats strange to some as a college kid(23 not a kid lol) but im married and my life is a lot different then most of the kids in my classes. I honestly would rather be cooking or cleaning than out spending money or wasting time.

I am a homebody. I go out when I have to and no other time. I went to the dr last week and she said I needed to get involved in something and make friends. But I told my husband that if I met someone who would actually like to talk about something besides shopping, makeup, and the like I might make a friend. But most women that I meet annoy me. (not the people on here).

I love being at home. I would perfer to being outside in the warmer weather, messing in my garden or yard. Sometimes I go fishing with my husband.

I like staying at home too, although sometimes I get a bit lonely for conversation. I've tried joining groups to find some friends, but it's too time consuming, and a lot of them are already very chummy. It's difficult to break into the cliques that are formed. I'm in my 40's, so I'm not as patient with the cliquey thing, or with any other nonsense like that. I've had trouble meeting people who have something in common, or at least friendly. Mostly I see angry bored serious faces at these get-togethers. Am I the only semi-happy person?!! Very intense mom groups around here. I'm also not all that extraverted...it takes time to get to know me, but I do smile and try to talk to people. Can someone explain the intense mom group thing?!! Aren't they there to meet other people and be friendly!

Since I've had my daughter(18 months), the playgroup thing has been out for us because she takes two naps a day, and with homeschooling the nine year old, who has time! We try to get out a lot ourselves to parks, museums and the library.

I enjoy staying home so much better than working. I worked for 13 years as an adult community corrections counselor. It was stressful not because of the work itself, just the management, and lack of funding. I enjoyed serving the community...it made me feel like I was contributing. I was in service to others, but now I'm in service to my family.

I started blogging a few months ago. This has been a great way for me to keep in touch with the world, but not leave the home.

My home is really my castle...my refuge. Sometimes I feel like a weirdo because I never invite people over, but it's like my private place. My husband is just as bad, a total intravert.

Sorry this is so long...feeling chatty today!

Rats, can't see the edit button... "intravert" should be "introvert". You get the meaning anyhow.

Count me in as another homebody. I much prefer to be at home in the comfort and security of my own home as to be out running around and doing the social thing. I prefer to entertain at my own house and not go out to dinner or to soical events.

Yes!! I love to be home. Altho I'd rather be in a different home (still stuck here with the Mother) and soon I will! Theres nothing better than sitting in someplace you're so comfortable, and doing the things that you love :)

Me too. I put up with abusive sometimes very mouthy customers for 13 years. Feels good to be able to just be at home .

I'm going to jump in here too. I am definitely a homebody and working full time outside of the home really made me want to be here more on evenings and weekends. DH is totally the opposite, he's a social butterfly. He never meets a stranger and makes friends instantly. I'm much more reserved. I have to figure a person out before I'm willing to be friends. Sometimes it takes years to really get to know me, but once we are friends and I know I can trust someone, I'm extremely loyal and would do anything for that person. I believe this sort of thinking has gotten me into several very strong, lasting friendships that , now, I couldn't live without. Anyway, now that I have left that awful job, and am at home full time, I love it! I like being here with the things I love, not having to act like someone I'm not, I can really find out who I am. It also makes me appreciate DH even more when he gets home. I can sit and chat and listen to his day because I'm not completely overwhelmed with my day. Also, it makes me more eager to get out of my house and be social with friends because I've been alone all day and I'm ready to spend time with others. I am currently pursuing a job that will allow me to work from home so that I can contribute to the income.

Happyhearts: Jump into the forums here any time. The people on here are awesome, loving, trustworthy people. Welcome!

We have been living a one car lifestyle for 4 years, and I LOVE the weeks when I can manage not to have the car at all. 2 years ago, I spent 3 months on bedrest, and then couldn't drive for another month, and I really didn't mind at all. I love just being home. I don't really like the cleaning and most of the homemaking things, but I do enjoy being able to avoid the hustle and bustle of the suburban life around me. I really am happier having date nights where I just feed the kids early and put them to bed, and then cook something special for dh and I, rather than dealing with the hassle of arranging a sitter, getting them settled, going out to a restaurant (ok, it's nice not having to cook, if dh brought in takeout, I wouldn't complain), dealing with traffic.

My dad told me I'd do well in jail or prison, as long as I had some good books to read!

Thanks tbs727...I'm normally not so chatty, but ya'll seem like a nice group. :)

I used to go out a lot, but around here, there are nothing but bars, and I hate bars, so I end up staying home a lot. Besides, my work schedule isn't conducive to socializing much.

I guess I started to be a real homebody when my last relationship started to go sour. I sort of shut myself up in the house, and never went out, gained a lot of weight, and just wanted to hide.

Now I'm wanting to get out to meet people, but I don't know how. I'm really lonely here alone all the time.

I'm definitely a homebody! I will occassionally go out to the bar, if my friend's band is playing, and I do see my inlaws every few weeks or so. But give me my books, my writing, and my garden. I love to be home cooking, and (in some cases) cleaning and just being with my kids and my animals!

Yes Yes this is our family.I love being at home in the garden or working on the house.I have a very big garden that I am always changing or a OLD house that alway needs helps or kids or just sitting on my deck and reading a book.Life sometimes is hard but also comforting So yes I am a homebodie

That would be me. I love being at home and cooking and decorateing and just being at peace. I even like to clean and declutter. I would rather eat at home. I eat alot of low carb and it is just to hard to go out so i also exercise with a treadmill and I walk the neighbor hood weather permitting. My husband travels alot now and he likes being at home. We love it.

I'm a homebody too except for when I need to go to the grocery store or to Walmart.

But, regardless pretty much of where I go - I don't like to be gone for more than an hour or two [weird, aren't I? :lol:]

As with what someone else has said ... give me a crochet hook, a good book or in my case - plastic canvas and yarn and I'm happy right here at home!

Love,

Jennelle

I belong to this group also. Wasn't always this way but I guess I started being more of a homebody many years ago when we were going thru some tight financial times. It got to be a habit and now most of the time I prefer home to being anywhere else (well, except for the once a month "dinner out"!). Always have some sort of home project going on.

I'm a definite homebody! (here I thought I was an oddity)
It bothers my mom that I don't get out (since I'm single) but I would rather be at home doing my stuff that I do (on the computer, watching tv, cross-stitching, reading,just being with my cats) I'm content here -although it would be nice to be married again---but I can never find anyone who wants to be a homebody with me!!! It's such a dilemma.
People jokingly say I'm going to be an old cat lady (sometimes that hurts my feelings)

But I've recently read that some people are drained by social interactions and being alone is a recharge while others (most others) are the opposite. I'm definitely in the first group. And I'm glad to see there are a lot of other people here that like being home like me. :)

Joline, don't feel bad - I felt like I was an odd-ball too 'cuz I prefer staying home rather than going places.

The one exception is that I do love to travel to other states and such but since I no longer own a vehicle, for the time being - it doesn't look like I'll be going much farther than to Walmart. :lol:

Love,

Jennelle

P.S. I spend much of my time home with my cat as well and feel guilty the times when I do leave her. Silly, aren't I? :loop: :lol:

i love to stay home!
dinner and a movie you say???

thats crazy, i can feed me and dh and we can watch a movie at home for PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, and we can have just as much fun staying home and talking with each other as we can going out, sitting in a restaurant and having the exact same conversation ;)

Latierra ... exactly! :)

Love,

Jennelle

*giggle* There aren't any homebodies out there... they are all in here! :lol:

Anyways, I guess I never thought of myself as a home-body...more of a home-based-individual.

I prefer to stay close to home, but when I travel, it's anything BUT close, like Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, etc.

I would rather sit outside with my yarn and watch DD play than go to a movie. I would rather till my own 'plot' and design the layout for the veggies (since it's only 3'x5', I have to make it all work)

I hate the movies in fact. DF and I will make a list of movies we want to see, then jaunt down to the library and rent it free. I use to love going out to eat We still do from time to time, but I never really enjoy it anymore, I do it more for DF.

When I find a battery operated sewing machine, I may start venturing out more... :lol: but with the cost of gas lately, I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.

I'm the same way! :) Being at home is cheaper and fun lol

My home is everything to me. I have always worked outside of the home and because of some health problems, I have resigned my postition with the surgeons I work for. It was a tough decision, but being at home will suit me. I rarely get off the place on the weekends. I am like the rest of you, I love to decorate, read, and just make a cozy place for me and my dh. Being home full time will suit me and it will be a big change, but I am ready for it.

Dear Kathy,

I'm so glad that you're now able to enjoy more time at home. :)

Love,

Jennelle

I guess I too am a homebody, last year I went out to dept stores 4 times, 2 to wal-mart and 2 times to Target. I do go shopping once a week and next door to the food store is a dollar tree. Anything else i need I either buy on-line or have my DH pick it up on his way home from work. Staying home has saved me quite abit of money, I have already been able to pay off a 5,000.00 loan, and I'am working on pay off my student loan. This hopefully will all happen by the time my home is paid off in January of 2009. We will be debt free as well as morgage free!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Wow Anna, it sounds like you've done really well with staying home.

Congrats on paying off the $5,000.00 loan - what an accomplishment! :)

Love,

Jennelle

Wow! There are a lot of us who enjoy stay home! I work outside the home most of the week & can't wait to get home in the evenings. Hate to even run a quick errand after work. When I'm off I love staying around the house. Nothing can compare to a quiet day at home with my cat, reading & catching up on chores! Its so comforting to stay in & relax. I do enjoy shopping (aka looking since I don't really buy) when DH & I are off together. We go to the mall, Target, antique shops, greenhouses even the grocery store together.

I do feel the need to be "on" like others have mentioned when I'm around a group & it wears me out. Don't really enjoy going out to the movies & to eat. Would much rather stay home with the furbabies, rent a movie & order a :pizza:. Finding so much I can relate to!

Funny how this thread caught my eye today. This is a subject I've been giving a lot of thought to after quite the tongue lashing from a busy-body with her nose shoved way too deep in my business.

I never really considered myself a "homebody", and still don't. The term "hermit", however, works really well for me. Sometimes "recluse" works really well, too.

After much thought I've discovered that it's not the doing things out that I object to (though I do hate shopping, especially as a "recreation") so much as being subjected to the sheeple and their close-minded mentalities. I've also discovered that I have a low tolerance for blatant stupidity, and apparently it's a rampant disease in this <s>area</s> country. I'm starting to wonder if it's something in the water...

So, yeah, though I prefer the term "hermit" or "recluse", I suppose "homebody" works just as well.

I try not to stay at home much (but i always wind up curled up in the house anyway) I have to force myself out to do things.

WigWamChic, I tend to be the same way as you are ...

I don't know what happened to me, I used to always be on the go but now it's like pulling teeth most times to get me to go anywhere [well, except to Walmart, that is. :lol:]

Love,

Jennelle

Yup...I think Dh and I both fall into this. :) I love to be home...in my p.j. pants and a t-shirt, hair in a pony tail, no make up...watchin' Waltons or Little House, crocheting, baking, writin' letters, reading... I like to spend time tidying up...don't like when it's messy or cluttered.

I don't like going to stores, etc. Don't like crowds... Do enjoy going for walks around the neighborhood. :)

I hate going out to bars or clubs or anything like that. I feel so out of place. I like being at home on the computer, reading, gardening, spending time with the kids, crocheting or doing crafts. The kids are home all day since I'm homeschooling - I do like time alone at the end of the day. For me, taking my time shopping without kids or going to yardsales by myself is usually enough. Hubby and I do go out occasionally for dinner & a movie. My favorite time out is with my sister-in-law after the kids are in bed, we go to Meijer's and shop. Mostly sniffing candles and looking at stuff we don't get to when we have kids with us (like breakables) LOL!

I have other friends that can't figure out why I don't want to get out more, but I don't seem to need it like they do.

Tina

Hub and I don't go out much. Prefer to be home. Dinners out and other things can be so expensive, nowadays...especially when you factor in gas. I have to admit to feeling a little trapped sometimes, though. Three of our dogs are over 15 and I feel like I traded my kids for more kids. I really can't go anywhere for long. There is a 3 hour window for me with the dogs. Hub enjoys the TV and the Internet more than I do. He is a techonology nut. I like being online a little; but much prefer a good book or crochet/knitting or working in the yard. :)

I too like being at home. Cleaning and cooking. We do go to the playground just to get my dd out of the house.

Katy

I LOVE being home! I'd rather be here than anywhere :)

Oh, I am definitely a major homebody.

Big time homebody here! Other than Friday night date night with hubby, so social life. It's fine by me

It took me a long time to feel comfortable with being a homebody.

When my sons went through school there were so many organizations and things you felt you HAD to get involved with to be a good parent. I DID it, but it just wasn't me. I couldn't WAIT to get home and be comfortable and with my family. We had a lot of kids come and swim in our pool all summer and spend the night. I was the cocoa and cookie mom on snow days. I love to hunker down in the winters, and putter around my home or curl up with a good book. I have little to NO sense of community and socializing. I like my home.

We have a cabin we go to when we can, and dh is retiring soon so we can go more often. It is WAY back in the woods and that appeals SO much to dh and me.

I've never understood GO GO GO people and the idea of having to be so amongst people and busy, busy, busy, but I guess they need their lifestyle the same way that we homebodies do. ;)

Old thread but thought I'd add to it anyways. *lol*

I'm also a homebody ... I'm not comfortable being away from my home for more than a couple of hours at a time.

I keep busy here with needlepoint, reading, jigsaw puzzles and whatever else I can find to dabble with. :)

Probably a good thing I'm used to this lifestyle 'cuz with the price of gas ... I couldn't afford not to be one [ a homebody that is!]

~*Jen*~

Old thread but thought I'd add to it anyways. *lol*

I'm also a homebody ... I'm not comfortable being away from my home for more than a couple of hours at a time.

I keep busy here with needlepoint, reading, jigsaw puzzles and whatever else I can find to dabble with. :)

Probably a good thing I'm used to this lifestyle 'cuz with the price of gas ... I couldn't afford not to be one [ a homebody that is!]

~*Jen*~

Me too, me too! I love my place. I live alone and when I go to DBF's house, it's not as clean as mine (some people call me a clean freak!), and there's teen agers there, and the dog, and the tv's always on...and when I get back to my house, it's so peaceful. If there's a mess, I know it's mine and I take care of it. So nice.

I prefer to stay home too! I will go out, but the older I get I can't stand loud noise (most bars) I don't do well with alot of stuff going on or big crowds either.

For a night out with people from my DH job we went to see the Blue Man Group. I thought I was gonna die right there in the auditorium. With all the noise, drums beating and the lasers going all over the place. I mean it, I was in sensory OVERLOAD! Every one else even old folks did not have any problems, but I sure did.
I could not get out of there and back home fast enough!

As for alot going on and as you mentioned, big crowds ... I don't do well with them either!

Jen

I'm with you. I almost hate to leave the house, it drives my dh almost nuts. The older I get, the worse it gets.

I'm a homebody also. I just prefer the peace and quiet of home. I'm not against visiting with others and usually enjoy it when I do but it isn't something I seek out.

i get called a Hermit all the time... so i guess i am.

i just feel guilty going out - alone or w/friends - and leaving my family behind even for a little bit.

me too, although I work all week when I get home that is where I want to be. I love to be surrounded by my family and my things. I guess it is a little like a security blanket. Home is where the heart is.....:curtain:

I'm definitely a homebody! I feel most comfortable and happy at home. No matter what's going on in the world, you can always go home and block out the rest of the drama!

Im a homebody too and quite antisocial, I dont really like meeting new people it makes me nervous and theres some people i just cant stand to be around lol I think ohs family thinks Im a bit strange sometimes.

Ive got a wedding I have to go to in august with my oh and the only person I will really know there is him, Im really dreading it, My mums got kids for the night while we stay in the hotel the weddings at, i told him if the hotel rooms got a bath you might find ive dissapeared from wedding and went up and had a bath in peace without any kids or him asking to get into toilet lol

Very much a homebody. It doesn't bother me not to leave the house for days at a time. I make concentrated effort to get out though. 3 or 4 times a week I take long walks with my husband and will do some shopping. Other than that I'm please as pie to be right here in my home. ;)

Homebody also. Although I do try to get myself out there atleast a couple times a week. Even as a kid when sent to my room I always found something fun to do which drove my mom up a wall.

I sure do fit in this category too. I don't get out much at all. I'd rather be home.

I am a member of the Homebody Club, also. Most days I don't want to go anywhere.

I wonder if Baxjul still feels this way?

I'm a homebody when I'm at home and a workbody when I'm at work

I'm definitely a homebody. And I thought I was the only one....

Jean, I know what you're talking about 'cuz I was thinking I must be really strange not wanting to go anywhere most of the time.

Glad to know that I have company in the homebodies club! :)

~*Jen*~

I've always enjoyed going "out" but not in big groups, or to loud bright places, like the other situations mentioned in this thread. And having family/friends from out of town when you see people several days in a row absolutely drains me. For me it has as much to do with needing my solitude as much as enjoying my hobbies at home. (And Amen to the gas prices re-enforcing this). Luckily I married another homebody and we just shake our heads when some of our local family "schedules" our kids in for a few hours in between the many, many things they run their kids to every week night and all weekend. I'm glad they all seem to enjoy it. But I would lose my mind. Seriously.

I don't know how many others know their Briggs-Meyers personality type but I'm an introvert with a capital I! I would bet that has a lot do with our homebody tendencies.

Me too, me too!!

I was suprised to find so many homebodies here.
I always thought I was a bit out of the ordinary, especially after talking with friends of mine.

I like being at home, cooking, cleaning, organizing, spending time with my dogs and of course my kids.

I'm not one that feels like she need to "go somewhere" all the time.

To show you how boring of a person I am, I look forward to grocery shopping moreso than clothes shopping.

We do like to go to a movie or drive-in occasionally, or out for a lunchdate together, or one of my all time favorite pasttimes is to go to the Farmer's Market.
For the most part though, Mike & I like to work out in the yard, go for walks with the kids, play with the dogs or just hang out and rent movies.

I really want to get back into camping though, now that we live so close to such beautiful mountains and lakes.

Nice to meet everyone!!:cowwave: (yes, I lurve the cow)

Homebody also. Although I do try to get myself out there atleast a couple times a week. Even as a kid when sent to my room I always found something fun to do which drove my mom up a wall.

I laughed as I read this because as a kid my mother would send me to my room to clean it up and she would threaten that I could not come out of my room until is was cleaned up. Well....according to Myers and Briggs I am a serious Introvert and I could stay in my room all day. I still enjoy just spending time at home with the dog.

Can I join this club? I have a group of friends that I go out to dinner with once a month and that I love but these are ladies that I have met through a shared interest we all had and they are all so articulate and intelligent. Lately I have felt that somewhere I missed out on learning a culture or language that most women seem to share that I haven't. Does that sound weird? Like everybody who lives near me reads the same books, is crazy about scrapbooking, feels the need to meet in a social playgroup every day. I love being home with my kids and we seem to attract most of the neighborhood kids here all day every day which I like because I know who is doing what! Most of the ladies I know don't cook for their families or clean their homes and are always running kids from one activity to another and if they are forced to stay home for a day they go crazy. I am seen as very strange because I do love to cook, garden, sew...and I also love to have intelligent conversations on politics and current events but it seems hard to find people who share these interests. Large groups also exhaust me especially women, I have to say I find groups of women together scary! And my church is a culture that very strongly encourages many activities outside of the home with large groups and I struggle all of the time it never gets easier for me. I am glad to have found this board and know that I'm not as alone as I thought!

I am definitely a homebody, but I wasn't always. When I first started staying home and not working, I used to go crazy if I couldn't go out at least once a week. By the time the weekend came around I was itching to go somewhere--anywhere. And Dave wanted to do nothing but stay home :lol3:

I think I got more into the habit when we were really, really scraping by. Now I rarely go out, and it's turned into more of a preference vs. a necessity.

My kids are the same way for the most part.

I have ALWAYS been a homebody, just ask my mom (duckduckgoose007). I hated working, though if I ever had to go back to it I would.

I was always the kid with her nose in a book, sewing or baking. I was the one kid of mom's that wanted lot's of kids and be a SAHM, just wasn't to be in my case. Now I am a SAHM to my "Katz" :D who are a FULL time job! ROLF

l like the rest of you am a homebody l love to be at home a hate shopping.when we do go somewhere after a few hours l get to the point that its time to go home my dh and ds is the same way l like knitting cooking and just doing stuff around the house we have 8 acres we live on and on a dead end road so there is no one around to brother us.

I forgot to mention that I hate going out (for errands) so much that whenever possible I go out first thing in the morning to get it over with. If it gets to be 10:00, that's already too late :laugh:

I forgot to mention that I hate going out (for errands) so much that whenever possible I go out first thing in the morning to get it over with. If it gets to be 10:00, that's already too late :laugh:
I'm the same way. Or late at night, when most people are home!!

I am amazed at how many homebodies there are here. I quit my job about 14 months ago and don't leave home for several days at a time. We have 7 dogs, no children, no neighbors. It does get lonely at times, though. I don't know what I'd do without the internet or my pets.

I definitely belong in this club! I am a total homebody and always have been ... I even work a FT Customer Service job at home. I enjoy going out once and a while but actually perfer "nesting" at home...my DS is the same way and I also have a brother like this. My DH is the polar opposite .. he loves to run and go, go, go. So it's true that opposites attract. :clap:

I enjoy being home too. I feel the same way as amyboz most days.

We just went away and I couldn't sleep, I missed my bed.

So we came home a day earlier, it was raining anyway, lucky for me.

Nice to know I am in good company.

I am definitely a homebody, but I wasn't always. When I first started staying home and not working, I used to go crazy if I couldn't go out at least once a week. By the time the weekend came around I was itching to go somewhere--anywhere. And Dave wanted to do nothing but stay home :lol3:

I think I got more into the habit when we were really, really scraping by. Now I rarely go out, and it's turned into more of a preference vs. a necessity.

My kids are the same way for the most part.

Michelle, we must be more alike than just our names!:hugz:
I can so relate to the wanting to go out on the weekends, however I will say that for the most part, that's when we run our errands.

I think that will change though, 'cause with the kids going back to school after being homeschoolers for the past 6 years, I will be getting out each day to take them to school.
More likely than not, I will do any errands after I drop them at school, combining trips, ya know.

Count me in. I called over 400 homes and looked at over 150 before taking this one..I love my home and I love being home!

I am mostly a homebody. I do like to go out and have adventures occasionally, but for the most part I like to putter around at home. I especially enjoy home when my family is here with me.

I don't know if I had answered this yet. I too LOVE to be at home. I just love feathering my nest and hanging out. I can always find something to do at home, chat with my best friend online, play a video game, scrapbook, hang out with the kids, go for a walk with them, bake, etc.

I'm a homebody too. And staying home saves money. I like to knit and do other needlework.

My house should be going on the market soon though so I am too stressed out to craft right now.

Oh wow, finally people that feel like me! Some people feel like there is really something wrong with me as I much rather be at home than any other place. I have always been a home-body, and can't understand people that say staying home is boring. I never have time to be board, I always have plenty to do. I love being at home, always have and hopefully always will. There is no place like home to make you feel warm, welcome, and happy. Its nice to know there are others that feel this way, and are happy to be at home!

This is me! Totally me! I love my home and love being at home...and, just like you said Patty A, I'm never bored here. There is always something to putter around with. I feel less stressed here too!

:cheer4:Homebody extrordinaire here. I get blasted all the time because " all I want to do is stay home". Ummmm yeah it's where I live! I don't live at the mall, the bar, the grocery store or anywhere else that wants to latch on to my money. I hate being made to feel my life is not important unless I'm going to someone else's house. If you want to see me that bad you drive the 70 miles or so to come and see me at my house, which by the way is clean because I've been here long enough to clean it. My home reflects me so why would I want to be away all the time. DBF is the opposite, he constantly has to be on the go which drives me crazy. What or who is out there that is so important that you don't want to be at home. If you don't like it why don't you move? Oh and I think I'm getting worse as I get older. Do I apply?;)

Cat