Are you a total home loving person, and if so why?
By Carl Halling
@CarlHalling (3617)
United Kingdom
December 14, 2006 10:29am CST
Do you love being at home more than anything else? So many people today seem to prefer to be out and about doing a million different things, and the person who openly admits to staying at home and loving it most of the time is seen as somewhat rare. Why is this? Surely "there is no place like home", or is that an old fashioned view? Any views on the traditional human love affair with home, now seen perhaps as hopelessly outdated?
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@linzmcwilliams (1552)
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14 Dec 06
I really like being home but i think it's great to have a balance. I like to go out to the city near me too but when i don't feel like it i would quite happily stay at home.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
14 Dec 06
I agree with you. A contrast is where it's at. Thanks for posting...:o)
@sweetieBerry (235)
• Philippines
15 Dec 06
going out mostly costs so much nowadays!
subtopic: (hehehe) what's the most cost effective way of going out and enjoying?
... i love the beach. a small tent. a book. ahhhh.... total relaxation.
@Irishluv (25)
• United States
15 Dec 06
I adore being home with my family. I run my children to and from sporting events, scouts, dancing,ect., and when we are home, it is wonderful. I love being home and snuggling on the couch with them watching movies, reading, making a meal or dessert. It is sad not alot of people enjoy home like this. I feel a safeness and a bonding with my family when we are home together.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 06
Good for you. I'm sure lots of folks feel the same but would be reluctant to admit it. I loved being home when I was an adolescent and almost felt ashamed of it, but then something changed and for almost two decades I was constantly out and about running hither and thither, but in the last ten years, more and more I've returned to type, and have come to appreciate the wonders of home.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
4 Jan 07
I am becoming a home person, I love my home, I have all of my treasures arouind me I feel safe and I am just happy in my own little world.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
14 Dec 06
I'm with you on that one. I've been there and done that and almost checked out doing it! But I'm still here, and home much of the time! That said, I still go out nearly every day; I just don't go out on the town any more...:o)
Thanks for posting.
@sharksfin (1091)
• Philippines
5 Jan 07
I luv being home! Addicted to staying home all day long... very comforting...relaxing...you can do so many things that you cannot do when in the crowds.
I am in love with home because it is where I find peace. Outside it, I encounter scheming people...conceited people. Inside it, I find solitude. I can sense my own thoughts and feelings. It's where I find peace. It's where I escape from life's cruel reality. hihihi
@warmweatherwoman (2233)
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
16 Feb 08
Im am a total "homebody" as some would call it and am not shy to admit it! Not that once in a blue I don't get out for a night on the town- but I am very content with just staying home and watching a good movie while I make my money on the net ;)
@187157173 (75)
• China
15 Dec 06
i am happy to see you view that mention a good topic .
so we ,as a human, can not be isolated from others and community . but spending the lonely time is good chance get the inspiration that will not get from street or public condition. how you balance them , you can ride it out .
and i like communicate with people . but i don't mean i never spend my lonely time .
@pinaki1971 (352)
• India
15 Dec 06
I am a home loving person and I do not want to stay for long hours in outside because I can give my family a lot of time and enjoy with my wife and daughter.I feel comfort at home because I think home is the only place where I can get real reception from my wife and daughter.I hate artificial things.
@qiaofang88 (126)
• China
15 Dec 06
I love staying at home, you could relax yourself totall and no place is comformatable like home.
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
15 Dec 06
I like to combine the 2., be out and do a million things can be fun at times, and to be at home with a book, enjoying a bath and some nice food with my bf can also be lovely.
We are both the same, we go out together at times, and also relax at home and that is what makes out life so complete =)
@piyush_29bk (414)
• India
15 Dec 06
ya ,but work ,family and other responsibilities wont let me become tatal homely.
@josan181237 (1204)
• Philippines
15 Dec 06
i love staying at home. i don't get bored. i usually play pc games. i'm hooked to this game, Sudoku...really addicting. and mylot too is fun and you can earn at the same time.
@damnlefty (5)
• United States
15 Dec 06
well , i for one am a total home body now.....i began work at age 10 and always held more than one job at once.....in my early twenties i'd practically never be home : i'd leave home around 4:45 AM thursday and return home monday around midnight , stopping in at other times only to check the mail or pick up a chnage of clothes ....
since i moved into my current home (march 6 , 1998) i've actually preferred staying home ....i still work (finally down to one job) and bowl in a league year round (down from 13 leagues one year during the years when i hated staying home)....i despise the thought of even going out to run basic errands....it's just such an annoying inconvenience now....i pay most bills on line and i'm quite content here with a tv , computer , video games , my sports card collection , and my pet....i make one 30-minute errand run each wedneday and saturday but otherwise only leave home for work or bowling....
i'm told by a friend that i'm an idiot....he says he gets bored and just can't sit home all the time (fwiw , at age 38 , he still lives with his parents and has no job - but my opinions on THAT are best kept to myself).....furthermore he insists that no one wants to stay inside all the time and that anyone who says they do is either a liar or an idiot....i've reitereatd my views on this to him time and time again over the past 5-6 years but he still refuses to accept that i am far happier when i am home and not being disturbed by others merely becasue they are bored....
@ikesrecovery59 (8)
• United States
15 Dec 06
Yes, I do love being home. I love my husband, and we are more friends then we are husband and wife. It is like I am hanging out with my friend. Our kids are all raised, and it's just the two of us, and our two cats. He is on disability and right now I work full-time after being off work for 2 years. It was very difficult for me to leave home and go to work, it still is a problem for me. I don't understand why people don't want to be home, however, I do believe that it partially is due to the fast paced life styles people have these days. Years ago, the roles were well defined, father worked in the field all day, mom stayed home and cooked and done her wifely stuff. But because of the economy, so many families have had to be split up with their loyalties with work/home, and work always brings in a whole new array of different people into our lives that is not family. I can totally understand when families are dysfunctional and no one wants to stay home then, that was the way it was for me in my first marriage of 19 yrs. I've been married now for another 20 yrs., (lol) and I can't say we haven't had our ups and downs, but I've always preferred to be home then gone. Like I said, my husband is my "best" friend. I think that people staying home really depends on their relationship with one another. On the other hand, it isn't always healthy to spend so much time at home that you do so at the exclusion of others. (this can become a mental illness). But, the normal of "wanting to stay home" like it is recommended in the Bible is "old-fashioned" but the best way to live.
@Silicon_Jesus (54)
• United States
15 Dec 06
Again, my theory of the internet adding to the de-socialization of the outer world, has been proven. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing or even that it's really de-socialization as much as it is avoiding human contact, and like I said...it's just a theory :-).
If I could sit at home 80% of the day chatting, posting, downloading and getting paid, I would definately do it. However there is a certain ammount of human interaction needed. Though I'm not a freakin people person I feel that if I don't actually see anyone besides the people at the grocery store, I tend to get a bit lonely. I've recently met the most amazing woman via the internet and she's quite the outgoing socialite so this is helping me to re-introduce myself to the world. I do, however, feel that going out and having to work outside the house is highly overrated.