I can be a little sullen and withdrawn until someone rattles my cage or I otherwise find my footing and get started on a topic I'm passionate about... then good luck shutting me up as I work myself into a frothing mess like a rabid dog.
I have a rather bitter and snide sense of humour, sometimes blunt or dry, often dark and regularly British, so it can take a bit of getting used to but I strongly believe humour is an underlying foundation to any lasting friendship or relationship and have no tolerance for those who can't take a joke and go looking for offence (especially on others behalves).
If you can't laugh at yourself and each other, the world around you and the stupidity of others then you're on your way to misery when you hit the hard points of life.
I had over a decade of semi self-imposed isolation and have only been stretching my wings and attending local gigs again for about a year now (dark 80's, goth night etc) I cut away the dead threads of my social circle some years ago and have elected until now to only retain a few close reliable and trustworthy friends, suffice to say my social skills and interpersonal skills withered down to a few very specialised branches.
But times change and as my career has developed and I am no longer burning as much social energy in my role or in my HEMA classes I find myself drawn once more into the social rotation of the goth scene and I suppose my social "tribe" so putting myself back on the meat market with tools like this and instagram etc is an extension of that, as a way of meeting people and possibly making friends etc.
Who knows maybe you can teach an old Goth new tricks...
If you've read this far and are legitimately interested in chatting or meeting up at dark 80s or goth night etc I suggest reaching on instagram with the tag dark_dapper_or_deranged
