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I enjoy spending time by myself more than I enjoy spending time with other people. Social situations are draining and I avoid them when I can. If I make plans with someone and they have to cancel, it's usually a relief for me. If that doesn't make me an introvert I don't know what else to tell you.
I'd say that's generally true for me too but I've also enjoyed seeing and spending time with old friends AND been relieved when I get to go be alone again. I think that duality is present in everyone and I find it hard to believe anyone has literally never enjoyed the company of another person or 'gained energy' from an interaction.
Also I have to wonder how much age has to do with it. I might have said I was an 'introvert' as a teen and early 20's and then found spaces and people that helped me enjoy some parts of social interactions, then later found I'm just slowing down and I go out of my way to spend more time alone. So did I go introvert-extrovert-introvert again or was I always a complex mixture of internal states and behaviors like everyone else is?