I have never been particularly good at socializing. Partly it is lack of experience, because I have always devoted most of my free time to reading and writing at the expense of spending time with people. Partly it is my personality which tends to be cynical, grumpy, sarcastic, and too introverted to be a good conversationalist.

What socializing I do tends to be at school, and particularly in the Math Lab. One of my personal fears has always been not to impose myself on other people who might tolerate me because they are too polite to do otherwise. I hope I have not been doing that recently, and if I have done so, hopefully somebody will tell me gently about it rather than suffer my imposing on their time.