Actually, I have deep and rich emotional relationships with people. But no, not very many people. I'm simply a strong introvert. People in quantity or duration exhaust me. But I would far rather spend the day on my porch with one good friend than doing anything that involves leaving home and getting a new stuff. I had a fantastic time at my daughter's wedding Saturday night, but I avoided most of the guests I didn't know (groom's side) and it took me until yesterday afternoon to recover enough to go to the feed store and have to speak to the guy who sells me feed.

i do enjoy spending time with my stuff when I am recovering from people though. The stuff is so quiet and still and demands so little of me. The stuff I have emotional connections to is related to people though. I am emotionally connected to the stuff because it triggers a sense of connection or cascade of thoughts or memories related to a person.

Example - my great grandfather died when I was ten. I remember him only as an old man who hugged me and made me laugh and told me stories. But I have his scythe. And I love using it, because it makes me think of him as a young man on his farm and the stories I heard.