Am I becoming (gasp!) social?

Those who know me know that I'm hard to get to know. When one first meets me I can come off as aloof or disinterested. By nature, I am not highly social. I typically keep myself to a small group of friends. But once one does get to know me then my true, zany, movie-line-quoting self comes out. Back when I worked at Capital One people would sometimes ask if I wanted to go to lunch, to which I would almost always reply that I had already eaten or had brought my lunch. And this was true. Yep, sometimes I can definitely be a loner.

So during my recent career transition, I had to do a lot of networking. Needless to say this was somewhat less than comfortable for me. But many folks wouldn't recognize me. I was out having lunch with all sorts of people. In fact, I was ASKING people to go to lunch with me! This is madness!

Now that I'm in a new job I thought my sociability might decrease. And while I am back to having most lunches at my desk, I have sought out lunches with various friends. What is this world coming to?