@stuckonu First, I find it interesting that you feel the way you feel regarding living alone! Your post indicates that you are a man. In my experience, men do not generally like to live alone at all, they are not good at entertaining themselves. I (a woman) can be quite content alone. When I was young and single, many years ago, the guys all wanted roommates whereas the women were striving for when they could afford to have their own apartments alone.

I totally agree with you regarding the impatience of people and they often start responding to something before the other person has completed their thought, leading to an inappropriate response. A couple of people with whom I am very close do that very frequently and it is maddening.

I haven't seen the movie the Martian but I get the gist of it from your comments about it. As far as "what is he trying to say", I think you are just thinking "out loud" and bouncing your thoughts off of us, which is fine. People are social beings and as such most of us, even those of us like yourself who enjoy retiring to their home where they can be alone, generally want some social time also. I saw a definition of introverts vs extraverts once that said introverts re-energize by being alone, whereas extraverts re-energize by being with people, being social. I find that true of myself, an introvert. By the end of a social evening I am often very glad to have some time to myself. My son would appear to many people to be very extraverted but I know him, and I know he does re-energize by getting some time alone. My daughter very definitely does too, more so than either of us.

I am not sure if this is the type of input you are seeking or not, but that’s all I have. I think you enjoy being an anomaly.
JK