Is it normal?

[xlBitterSweetlx]

I wasn't sure if this was the exact place to post this, but it felt most relevant. So here's the thing.
Since I became 16, something clicked. I feel older now, more mature. And that came with its advantages and disadvantages. I've always been a responsible person, so that wasn't something new. But lately I sometimes tend to.. get tired from people, I guess. Don't get me wrong - I have friends, we joke around, have fun together. It's just that I've always appreciated my 'me' time, but recently I've been craving it more than usual. Nothing that dramatic has happened in my life, at least nothing that could cause this kind of 'loner' thing. But my noise and craziness capacity has been quite low. I often kind of feel like Squidward around a bunch of Spongebobs.
Again, I repeat, I DO relax and DO have fun, a lot, and definitely haven't lost the child in me and I am not planning to anytime soon. I was just wondering if this ... thing, is because of me growing up? Have you experienced this?

[Cognizant]

It's just you maturing. When we grow older, our interests change, our taste in food changes, and sometimes our friends change. I remember that I used to be friends with this one guy in Elementary/Middle school and we'd hang out like every other day. But then I matured and we went our separate ways because we just found completely different interests in life.

And that's ok, because you will always find friends who are more like Squidward too!

[tbake98]

I wasn't sure if this was the exact place to post this, but it felt most relevant. So here's the thing.
Since I became 16, something clicked. I feel older now, more mature. And that came with its advantages and disadvantages. I've always been a responsible person, so that wasn't something new. But lately I sometimes tend to.. get tired from people, I guess. Don't get me wrong - I have friends, we joke around, have fun together. It's just that I've always appreciated my 'me' time, but recently I've been craving it more than usual. Nothing that dramatic has happened in my life, at least nothing that could cause this kind of 'loner' thing. But my noise and craziness capacity has been quite low. I often kind of feel like Squidward around a bunch of Spongebobs.
Again, I repeat, I DO relax and DO have fun, a lot, and definitely haven't lost the child in me and I am not planning to anytime soon. I was just wondering if this ... thing, is because of me growing up? Have you experienced this?

It's simple maturity. It's completely normal. I used to always want to hang out with my friends, and stay out as late as possible, get in trouble and all that. But, over the last year or so, I've just felt like I want to be alone. I don't know about you, but it's allowed me to work on some stuff that I've always found important (to me), instead of pushing those things aside to be with my friends. It sounds like you have a good balance though, so that's good. I see nothing wrong with this. :)

[xlBitterSweetlx]

Thank you. :) It's kind of comforting to see there are people who are on the same boat. :)