Difficulty Making Friends

[KevinMao133]

I don’t know this is just me but maybe I’m just not a relationship person

I have difficulty making new friends. As for maintaining friendship? How can you maintain one when you got none to begin with

I am open minded, at least I try to. While I’m bias to a certain extent, I don’t usually show it

I guess I am not talkative and I reserve my inner feelings

I am too private and maybe that’s not a good thing

 

[Georgia Galaxy]

I don’t know this is just me but maybe I’m just not a relationship person

I have difficulty making new friends. As for maintaining friendship? How can you maintain one when you got none to begin with

I am open minded, at least I try to. While I’m bias to a certain extent, I don’t usually show it

I guess I am not talkative and I reserve my inner feelings

I am too private and maybe that’s not a good thing

No, it's okay to keep to yourself. In fact, for someone who loves quiet moments, it's peaceful <3 And if someone (or your family) doesn't get what you're doing, keep doing it anyway! Do whatever makes you feel okay <3 And if you're a private person, that's all good. In fact you would get along with me. I'm open-minded and very individual. c:

 

[Outdated]

I have the opposite problem, I always make too many friends and I can't cope with them all the time. I tend to be a very talkative person though.

When I moved down to Adelaide 3 years ago I made a conscious decision that life would be a lot easier if I simply didn't have any friends and I've stuck to that so far. That will change again in the future but for now having my world to myself with no distractions is pleasant.

 

[Progster]

I'm similar. I lack confidence, find it hard to mask when I'm around people for a long time (so I've been told) don't talk much and I think people find me boring.

 

[DaisyRose]

I find it hard to make friends who are the same age as me. I have tried to make friends who are similar in age, but they’ve never stuck around. I find it hard to make a personal connection with them and find things that we share in common. I end up slowly distancing myself from them because I feel like an outcast.

On the other hand, I tend to get along with people who are older than me. I met a friend while playing an online game during the pandemic. We share a lot of things in common and can relate to one another. It feels like we have know each other for years. My parents are the same way. I feel very connected to them and they make me feel happy and understood.

I don’t know why I’m like this it’s just what happens. I think it has something to do with being an old souls or being the only child. It could be both possibilities too.

 

[Outdated]

On the other hand, I tend to get along with people who are older than me.

This was me ever since childhood. Where I meet a lot of people for the first time is because I have very accute hearing, and I just happen to have a helpful nature. If I hear someone talking about a problem that I know the answer to I can't help myself, I have to give them my two bob's worth.

 

[DaisyRose]

This was me ever since childhood. Where I meet a lot of people for the first time is because I have very accute hearing, and I just happen to have a helpful nature. If I hear someone talking about a problem that I know the answer to I can't help myself, I have to give them my two bob's worth.

I wish I was more like that. I do the opposite I like to wait for the person to talk to me first to give me the indication that they want to talk to me. I tend to not start the conversation because I feel like I’m annoying or bugging the person.

 

[Outdated]

I tend to not start the conversation because I feel like I’m annoying or bugging the person.

I seem to be missing that section of the genome, I often butt in unasked for. But more often than not it turns out that I was appreciated.

A lot of people pick up on my funny quirks too, I never bothered to hide them. I talk to myself a lot. I was walking through the supermarket one day doing shopping, off in my own happy little world and mumbling to myself, I turned in to the next aisle and saw the shelf, and I said "Ah, Tina Turner.". A woman next to me looked up and said "Where?".

I had to appoligise, it's not completely true but I told her it's a memory game I play instead of writing out a shopping list, I needed a Tin of Tuna. ( never needed to write shopping lists or phone numbers down)

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I don’t know this is just me but maybe I’m just not a relationship person

I have difficulty making new friends. As for maintaining friendship? How can you maintain one when you got none to begin with

I am open minded, at least I try to. While I’m bias to a certain extent, I don’t usually show it

I guess I am not talkative and I reserve my inner feelings

I am too private and maybe that’s not a good thing

Opening up would be a good thing. I think friendships also just tend to happen. The good ones are surprises.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My issue is getting new friends, getting older friends passing away.

 

[Storm Hess]

I'm trying to figure out what is so special about friendship. I've only had 2 really good friends in my life, both which are dead. One, suicide, the other, heart attack in his sleep. I've never been one to NEED friendship...or someone to hang out with. If there is someone that is into hacking, music and science, then maybe we can hangout and talk about subjects of interest. Maybe I'm wrong...maybe a friend is what I need. Life is crazy and unpredictable...so who knows.

 

[Kitsuna]

I have the same problem since I’m also really private. If I’m comfortable with someone, I tend to not have much of a filter, but getting to that point is hard because I’m so quiet it makes people dislike me. Making friends was no issue until middle school, but ever since it’s been a struggle.

 

[blue_bird]

I'm scared to make friends now. I was never really popular but I had some good friends in high school and in university, but my high school friends never really wanted to be friends after we left school. They found newer, cooler people and forgot about me. Same for one university friend. The other university friend thought that my problems were a joke when I confided in him about my anxiety and depression. I haven't had a friend since. (Except online)

 

[Mr. Stevens]

They found newer, cooler people and forgot about me.

One of the weirdest parts of growing up is that things I used to get bullied for are now cool. People thought I was so lame for liking comics as a kid, but now you're a snob if you don't like superhero movies. And I got called all kinds of gay slurs for listening to punk music, which is totally deified now. (Didn't know music could make you homosexual.)

 

[Tony Ramirez]

I grew up with no friends and all male cousins, so I was afraid of girls. Use to run away from them. I was forced by my parents on play dates, but they never worked out.

I had friends in my 20's from the first church I joined. I was friends with them until they coupled up and did not want to hang out with me anymore. I left the church for 15 years.

I came back when my sister nearly died. I made friends with many couples but one couple I got close too. Covid nearly ruined my life. I developed a new phobia, mask phobia and had nervous breakdowns. My friend helped me through it.

Now I don't see him as much because he has a son. I did make new friends, but I don't see them much and some I don't have their numbers to chat with. I also do yoga and even though I made no friends with the students I am close with the teachers who give me support.

I also write all my good and bad things in a digital journal.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I grew up with no friends and all male cousins, so I was afraid of girls. Use to run away from them. I was forced by my parents on play dates, but they never worked out.

I was the opposite I had more female friends as a kid than male ones. I definitely got pushed onto play dates, though. Some fun, and some with obnoxious kids.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I grew up with no friends and all male cousins, so I was afraid of girls. Use to run away from them. I was forced by my parents on play dates, but they never worked out.

I had friends in my 20's from the first church I joined. I was friends with them until they coupled up and did not want to hang out with m anymore. I left the church for 15 years.

I came back when my sister nearly died. I made friends with many couples but one couple I got close too. Covid nearly ruined my life. I developed a new phobia, mask phobia and had nervous breakdowns. My friend helped me through it.

Now I don't see him as much because he has a son. I did make new friends, but I don't see them much and some I don't have their numbers to chat with. I also do yoga and even though I made no friends with the students I am close with the teachers who give me support.

I also write all my good and bad things in a digital journal.

It would really suck if you found out your chance of getting covid was negligible as it is most probably genetic. All that stress for nothing.

 

[Tony Ramirez]

I never caught covid and I took no precautions like wearing a mask and constantly washing my hands.

Also, it was the rules of people wearing masks and social distancing that made me nearly lose it. I was on seven medications and gained over 50 lbs. because I could not socialize in person and see people's faces.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I never caught covid and I took no precautions like wearing a mask and constantly washing my hands.

Also, it was the rules of people wearing masks and social distancing that made me nearly lose it. I was on seven medications and gained over 50 lbs. because I could not socialize in person and see people's faces.

This is the kind of issues false information or not understanding I never can cause; I never wore a mask outside. All my data shows covid is genetic and I have the gene wherever my wife does not.

 

[KevinMao133]

Opening up would be a good thing. I think friendships also just tend to happen. The good ones are surprises.

I’m changing my approach. Being more open minded, being more friendly and talking to women