"Are you an introvert or an extrovert?" I'm sure we've all been asked this question. If you're like me, you find yourself bouncing back between the two, from time to time, and can't give an exact answer, until you realize you're an extroverted introvert!
"You can't be both!" Ssme people may say. False. You can be anything your heart desires. But, really, you can be both. How does this work, and is this me? You might be asking yourself. Fear not, for I am about to explain.
Typically, you're an introvert. Unless you really like people. Then, you're an extrovert. It's funny how life works like that, right? Some days you feel like being the life of the party.
Other times, you want nothing more but to be in bed with a box of pizza and your true love, Netflix.
Even though it makes you so happy to just be in your pajamas on the couch, instead of doing your hair and makeup and hauling your booty out to the club, you can't help but overthink your life choice: a fear of missing out mixed with thinking you are disappointing your friends. It's hard to please everyone.
So, while you're bored at home on your day off, and sick of doing nothing, you start making tons of plans with friends and it is all fine and dandy -- at that moment. But then the day of plans comes and you don't even want to move from your bed. You're hoping someone lets you leave early, to be honest. Beep beep, here comes the struggle bus!
And talking is another story. You love talking (I mean, sometimes ya can't shut up!) but hate the small talk. Forget the weather and discussing weekend plans, I want to know your funniest story from your childhood and passionately converse about how wonderful dogs are. But, alas, talking excessively exhausts you, so you hop right back on the struggle bus.
Almost all extroverted introverts I've come in contact with also suffer from the dreadful condition of RBF. What is RBF, you ask? It is resting bitch face. This is when you appear to have the face of a mean, angry or annoyed person, but really, that's just the way your face looks when you're staring off into space or listening to a lecture. People are timid to approach those with RBF, due to a fear of them being hated by said person, or they are just afraid. It's tragic really, because both parties are missing out on an amazing conversation and opportunity, but alas, the extroverted introvert loses again.
It's not all bad for the extroverted introverts, though. A major plus is not having to stick to the status quo of choosing and maintaining that one personality. For example, extroverts are typically expected to keep up the persona of always energetic and ready to party at any moment of the day. Introverts, on the other hand, stereotypically are viewed as staying in and going on Tumblr 24/7, and find themselves not even asked to go out because friends think they'll just reject the offer. But good news for the extroverted introvert! You can flip flop, whenever! The world is your oyster when deciding what to do with your life this weekend. It will keep your friends on their toes too. So you go, with your ever-changing awkward self!
