Can't even make online friends...

I love hearing about other peoples' schools.

But when the pair of you go to the same school, it's not exactly an exciting topic. I like hearing what subjects people study as it gives an insight into their interests, but it's a topic that has to be used sparingly from my experience.

Hehe, unfortunately I don't really get much of an opportunity to talk to people at school. Well, I do, but I'm just too shy and uninteresting (so I've gathered from my failed attempts) to actually do something these days. :l And when I ask online people, I think they'd rather just not talk about it. >.<

I have a really tough time making friends with people in the real world, I get all nervous, I don't seem to be able to talk about anything anyone else wants to talk about (I'm seen as too academic (despite the fact I am of only average intelligence) and just...well, no fun - I don't drink or smoke or actually get out anymore, and I've been a recluse most of my life - and ever more so in the last year at sixth form).

So, naturally, I've turned to the virtual world. And yet I still can't make friends, and it makes me feel hopeless and lost. Not here, nor 99% of the places I've gone to. Even when I'm on forums with people with similar interests and hobbies (of which I don't have many), I feel like an outsider looking in and that glass barrier will never break down.

So yeah. Sorry for the self-pitying. Needed a vent. Thanks for reading if you did.

But when the pair of you go to the same school, it's not exactly an exciting topic. I like hearing what subjects people study as it gives an insight into their interests, but it's a topic that has to be used sparingly from my experience.

I have a really tough time making friends with people in the real world, I get all nervous, I don't seem to be able to talk about anything anyone else wants to talk about (I'm seen as too academic (despite the fact I am of only average intelligence) and just...well, no fun - I don't drink or smoke or actually get out anymore, and I've been a recluse most of my life - and ever more so in the last year at sixth form).

So, naturally, I've turned to the virtual world. And yet I still can't make friends, and it makes me feel hopeless and lost. Not here, nor 99% of the places I've gone to. Even when I'm on forums with people with similar interests and hobbies (of which I don't have many), I feel like an outsider looking in and that glass barrier will never break down.

So yeah. Sorry for the self-pitying. Needed a vent. Thanks for reading if you did.

I think the best thing to do, as others have already mentioned, is to spark a conversation about a common interest, it can be as trivial as..your favourite type of umbrella (I don't think people actually have an opinion on umbrellas though, but you get my point). This is especially easy to do online, since it's a lot less intimidating than IRL. In terms of making friends IRL, are you going to uni this year? If so, that would be a great oppirtunity for you to befriend people as pretty much everyone will be on the same friend-making boat. Don't get put off by people ignoring you or seeming disinterested, you'll find people who you click with eventually. Good luck! Also PM if you want to talk!

Enjoy freshers' week

"What school did you go to?"

What highers did you do?"

What are you going to study?"

Ad nauseaum.

I'm cutting myself already.

I like the long non collapsible umbrella's because they look nice and classy but they are so impractical!