Hi, My name is Cheryl and I'm a homebody. I love to putter around my home and knit:knit:, read, quilt:spool:, even clean sometimes:surprise:.

I'm not anti-social or dislike people, I just like peace, quiet, calm surroundings. After raising two boys (with dh) and having all their friends come over and almost live here, I finally have calm. We are empty nesters.

I enjoyed all of the many sports my boys played and involved myself in tons of school and sports related activities for years--gladly--for my kids. But I longed to be home in the privacy of my haven, reading or doing crafts. Or cooking.

I have never understood the folks I know who's first words in life must have been "Let's go......" (fill in the blank) Go-go-go people. :crackup: I would defend to the death (well almost) their right to BE that way, but for myself---<<SHUDDER>>. :shake:

Any other Homebody's here on FV?

I guess for the most part I am but I do like getting "out" about once a week.
Dd 22 asked me the other day if I really like being home alone all the time. I always thought when they flew the nest I'd go find a job and so far I haven't...I will someday. I just enjoy keeping house & puttering around here. Love the solitude and always have something to do. Cat and wildlife outside keep me company when Hubby isn't around and there is the phone, computer, radio, tv, to fill in the gaps as I go through my day cooking, cleaning, reading, playing & just enjoying. It's a full rich life, lol.

I enjoy the solitude and tranquility of being home alone with my cats, renovating, puttering, gardening, and reading. I've travelled for work for almost 10 years, and am thrilled to be home every day. My 27yr old daughter lives w/me but I rarely see her. Am working from home, while seeking local employment. I, too, was very involved in daughter's and community activities when she was young. I enjoyed the quality of life we had then and am considering becoming a foster parent. Still have lots to give, have the space, the heart, and the stamina. It fits into my homebody personality and is something I've wanted to do for years but could not due to travel.

I'm another homebody but I do have a wander lust. I stay at home most days, alone, doing my own thing. I clean, cook, wash, keep our books, help my dad with things and am always, I mean always busy but I do love to travel when we get the chance. Gripey and I have started doing a few more things than we used to, in the last couple of years and we are having a lot of fun. I'm always thrilled to be home again though. I am a homebody but I want to see more of the world than this small town I grew up in.

I'm a lurking newbie, and a serious homebody.

I am a homebody. it seems as if I enjoy my moments alone.. but i am always found out sometime or another. But my simple life is so full, i couldn't imagine it any other way. In my younger 20's i left home, lived in nyc, wild and free. I think having all that running around tamed me in my 40's.

I prefer being at home. I like quiet and am never bored, always finding something to do. Can go days and days without leaving the house, it's just fine with me. It makes those times we do go somewhere not so overwhelming, because I can just decompress when I get back home. Love it.

Decompress----:loop: That's how I feel also, Pammy. It's not like I have agoraphobia or anything, but I feel on overload when I go out somewhere sometimes. I have to go to a wedding on Saturday, and I'm not dreading it, just kind of :ugh:. I enjoy myself at events like that (get to be with siblings and all), but can't wait to get home and get in comfy clothing and be with my doggie.

I am a total homebody. Other than going to work and grocery shopping, I prefer staying home! My DBF and I go for drives occasionally and we visit my grandparents weekly, but that's about it. For me, going out usually just = stress. We did a tiny bit of Christmas shopping last weekend (first time I'd been to a store other than a grocery store in MONTHS) and it wore me out! :lol: :loser: I like looking up stuff on the PC, reading forums, watching TV shows and movies, reading, spending time w/ my furbaby and DBF... just relaxing.

I'm a total homebody too. My dh is a go-go-go person...makes life interesting at times. He laughs because I go 2 or 3 weeks at a time without leaving our place here (except for church). After growing up in a household of 13, I love the peace & quiet of being alone. When I get bored I go check on the chickens or hike go for a hike. But I mostly like to putter around the house. I went to town yesterday for the first time in November...picked up a few groceries and ran some necessary errands.

homebody during the week, not so homebody during the weekends :)

I'm a homebody for sure! Dh always thinks I'm trying to be anti-social, but I'm uncomfortable at bars or other peoples houses. I don't like being around a lot of people. I've always been that way, but I'm trying to get out more, its a comprimise for him. He likes to go out.

I'm a definite homebody...I enjoy being at home rather than being out. I like to go places with my husband and kids, but for the most time, I love being at home. I like to do things around the house, I always work to 'improve' our environment.
I'm only 22, but I am a definite homebody. People bug me about it all the time, but it's not like I don't like people, I just LOVE my home!!!

I'm a homebody. I try not to leave the house too much unless it's for work which is just a few days a week. I usually try to make one trip to WalMart a week and of course never ending Dr appts for my son. With that that costs enough in gas so I certainly try to keep other outings to a minimum.

So good to know I'm not alone in hanging home a lot. :thumb:

It's just such a more peaceful way to live, IMO.

lol, mostly go out when i only need to unless i really need to get out.

I definiately belong in this group. I'm a total homebody and I absolutely love it.

I love being a homebody (not antisocial) :D

I also have wonderlusts if thats what you call it.
I have dreamed of world travel since I was small.
I have been overseas once and was already dreaming of my next trip on the flight home haahahah.

So yes a homebody but also someone who LOVES to see other cultures :D

I wish people knew more about introverts. We actually lose energy being around people. Socializing is.... enjoyable..... but hard work.
I don't think people really get that?
It seems like extros (gain energy from socializing) is the expected behaviour...

I'm not kidding when I could stay at home for months hahahahha.
Maybe a Mars trip is in my future :D

Hi all,

I'm also a homebody to some extent- I'm in my early 20's and it can be so frustrating at times to meet people (especially of the opposite sex) when my friends just want to go out to snobby bars, waste money on average food and drinks in hopes of meeting people only to find that they are surrounded by obnoxious drunks

I long to be a homebody! In my 20's I loved going out and socializing, I was the life of the party. Now I long for the peace and quiet of home - the time to just putter around the house and be productive.

SIGH...but I have two small active boys and if I keep them home for longer than 24 hours they climb the walls. So, we're very active in our local moms group, I'm active at school and we seem to be always on the go. I really enjoy that as well - I just wish I had time for it all (I wish I wasn't so tired by the time we got home, so I could enjoy my time alone in the evenings more).

I know someday my time will come (when the kids are in school full time - or <gasp> when the fly the coop all together), and I'll get to putter putter putter.

For now, I read your posts and dream! :)

I am totally a homebody. If I don't have to go some where I don't. DH runs 99% of the erans and loves it, he is really good at it and I hate it so it works out well. I'm not antisocial but just enjoy being at home. I am never bored I always have tones to do. DH likes to get out so on weekends we visit family, catch a movie or find something to do. I hate bars and I am not crazy about shopping malls full of people. I hate large crowds it drives me nuts. I have friends that will just walk around the mall all day on a Saturday, it's their idea of fun. You would have to put a gun to my head to get me to do it, to me that's torture. I only go shopping it I have to go get something and it's in and out as fast as I can.

I am a homebody as well. And luckily my husband is too. We love to stay home and work in the yard or whatever. We decided not to go on holidays this coming year(2008) because when we do we always seem to miss our home. We hate sleeping in other beds. Last year we went on 3 vacations but while we were there we were counting the days until we could go home.
I wasn't always like that though. I use to go out A LOT. That's probably why I didn't have 2 cents when we got married.
At home with my husband and 2 boys is where I'm happiest!!

I like my job, but am just thrilled to leave and get home. When I am home I really don't want to go out. Home is such a nice place, full of my books and crafts and children. The last thing in the world I want to do is go somewhere after supper - ew. I want to clean up the kitchen and just hang out, much to the dismay of my 12 year old daughter.

I love home. I still have to go out some but given the choice I would rather be home. I told my dd Thursday that I can't wait for her to get her license so I did not have to go out so much. But even though I do still go out I do go for days at a time without leaving the house and I love it. I really don't know what people get out of going so much.

I am a homebody and proud of it. I love cooking, sewing, reading, surfing the net and just generally relaxing. I work a fulltime job and interact with people all day long the last thing I need is to have stimuli by more people after work. Also after growing up in a family of five with a mother who was a "go-go-go" person and still is I really enjoy just relaxing at home with the Christian radio station and my little dog. :bigglass:

I'm a total homebody, I can't think of anything nicer than closing the door on the world and snuggling up safe and sound in a place that's mine!!

I do go out every once in a while but coming home is always a highlight of any time out!

Hello,

I'm new here and this post is one I can totally relate with.
I have always pretty much been a homebody and love it.
Sometimes I don't verbally speak to anyone other than my
husband for days. LOL No I don't have the phobia of being
afraid to go outside or socialize with people. I just enjoy
being home.

We travel several times a year to visit family and new places.
I go to the library and for quiet walks with my husband.
I'm at home so I handle all of our finances and
other household chores. But I really do enjoy my solitude.
I'm in no way lonely. I do converse daily with people on
the net in different forums and I don't find it strange at
all (my solitude).

I do know it annoyed the heck out of my mother. I have
8 other brothers and sisters of which I'm the oldest (I know
that might have something to do with it). My mother felt
I liked to on purposely separate myself as if I were an
unhappy child. I wasn't. I was just looking for a quiet spot
to curl up and enjoy the quiet or read a book.

Nice to meet others like me. :wink:

I love just hanging out at home with my family. My coworkers ask me to go to the bar with them and its not a money thing they are willing to buy but I just like to go straight home after work.

I didn`t use to be a home body. but I am now.