Personal space

Reading the exchange by Jo and Jewlz got me wondering something: Does everybody here, due to our background of communal living, have a very open lifestyle with friends and family dropping by all the time. Are you constantly surrounded by people or are you more like loners? Many of us left with children, and families with children tend to have a little more openness with school friends and neighbors visiting. But apart from that, are you more public or private? Open or closed to strangers?

As for me, I used to be open house all the time, with people dropping by and me cooking up meals for them, having people sleep over and all. Now in recent years I've found it necessary to keep my personal space and make time for me. I've shut the doors so I can do some renovations. I'm more of a loner. Even though I deal with a lot of people, nobody gets that close anymore.

Just wondering if anyone has gone through the same thing.