We are the puzzle pieces who seldom fit with other puzzle pieces. We inhabit singledom as our natural resting state. In a world where marriage and proms define the social order, we are, by force of our personalities and inner strength, rebels.

Yet make no mistake: We are no less concerned with coupling than your average serial monogamist. Secretly, we are romantics, romantics of the highest order. We want a miracle. Out of millions we have to find the one who will understand.

For the quirkyalone, there is no patience for dating just for the sake of not being alone. On a fine but by no means transcendent date we dream of going home to watch television. We would prefer to be alone with our own thoughts than with a less than perfect fit. We are almost constitutionally incapable of casual relationships.

It would be better to be untethered and open to possibility, living for the exhilaration of meeting someone new, of not knowing what the night will bring. We seek momentous meetings.

By the same token, being alone is understood as a wellspring of feeling and experience. Our weekends are full of intricate rituals. There is a bittersweet fondness for silence. All those nights alone, travelling, going to movies alone—they bring insight.

"You should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to break out of it. People have (with the help of conventions) oriented all their solutions toward the easy and toward the easiest side of the easy; but it is clear that we must hold to what is difficult."

Secretly, we are romantics, romantics of the highest order. We want a miracle. Out of millions we have to find the one who will understand.

We are the puzzle pieces who seldom fit with other puzzle pieces.

We want a miracle. Out of millions we have to find the one who will understand.

Alert: "QuirkyAlone" types, as described, seem to me excellent "prey" for sophisticated PLAYERS. Seeking momentous experiences or whatever, that may lead into the one-nite-stand bed of pro players who know how to offer ST "momentous" experiences while the allude to LT ones. "Quirky Alones", be aware and careful of your Achilles Heel! Protect it, else see what happened to Achilles! He was a romantic too, chose glory over family life (see movie Troy or Homer's Iliad).

It'd be far too much hard work for a player: they'd be far more likely to target those who are a) more keen to find someone, anyone, to love them and b) more predictable. It's hard to get to know quirky types who enjoy their own company. It's hard to play someone who doesn't buy into conventional patterns. As Douglas Adams said: "predictable people get caught". I think quirky types are fairly safe from the typical "numbers" players.

I said from pro players, sophisticated ones, ones who seek the challenge of the hard work it takes to "score". And then they walk away content "victors" with the championship trophy from a "battle hard fought".
Did I mention "typical numbers players"? Nope.