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What is your social group?

As per the title, what stereotypical 'social group' do you think you fall into?

For myself, I don't know anymore. In uni, don't drink and get nowhere with girls, so am not one of the 'rugby lads', who compromise most of the people I know. I'm pretty dire at rugby as well, so have to gravitate to others rather than be one of the centres.

Most of my life I have considered myself a 'gamer/geek', but haven't had the time for the former, whilst all the gaming friends I have here 'make time' or are borderline addicted, so feel out of place amongst them as well. Not intelligent enough to be the latter.

The guys in my course... a few of them play 5-a-side football with each other, or I have no common interests with the rest. Those I do, are mainly interested in drinking as well.

All my water polo teammates are at least several years older than me and have families.

I want to find people who I can relate to and enjoy their company without as many draw backs as I currently have, trouble is, I don't know who these people might be...

A cyber penny for your thoughts?

Reply 1

SK3PTIK4L

uhhh... sounds like you're in social group 'normal guy'

Reply 2

niamhc97

I'm sort of gamer...sci if/fantasy lover...not logically minded so not really clever apart from creative stuff. Just sort of the general misfits/outcasts clique I guess. I like it that way :smile:

Ohhhhhh the pain, the pain of it all!

Reply 3

jusdorange

posh upper middle class

Reply 4

McFlury

Original post by jusdorange

posh upper middle class

haha, love it.

Reply 5

jusdorange

Original post by McFlury

haha, love it.

live in kensington

ra ra ra

Reply 6

DeceitfulDove

I'm in the social group that goes to uni, does their work and whatever needs doing and then buggers off home again, rinse and repeat.

Reply 7

PinkyQT

The loser

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Reply 8

Maid Marian

One of the 'Quiet Ones'. :ninja:

Reply 9

Robbie242

Asians/mathematicians at my school (not even Asian)

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 10

Changing Skies

I don't think I fit in anywhere? :sad:

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Reply 11

NemoPup

A loner who has no friends.... sad but true.

Reply 12

leveridge96

The shy musician who doesn't fit in the subjects well outside of music

Reply 13

Infinity_4652

The social group of quiet scientists who play video games and avoids bumping into girls.

My college is so just awesome. :cool:

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 14

FireGarden

That mathematician who typically walks around uni totally aloof and lost in abstract thought, with a giant coffee in hand.

I have a good number of friends at uni, though in my usual free time i don't often spend it with other people. Im not interested in drinking and clubbing, which essentially reduces anyones chance of a social life to within epsilon of zero. I do, however, greatly enjoy intramural badminton!

Reply 15

LJStudent

When I started uni in September I really didn't think I would be getting on with anyone, mainly because I'm a bit shy and not really much of a drinker (even though I really can put them away, just costs me more to get drunk), but I've found that I've really come out of my shell and I've only been here for 2 months. My friends (not really friends, more acquaintances at the moment) are all very different people so it keeps things very interesting, I don't really have a fixed social group. Just anyone that has anything interesting to say :smile:

EDIT: I forgot an important detail - most of my friends are girls. This is probably because my previous school had way more girls than boys and my uni course now has a girl:boy ratio of 5:1 so that's just who's available to talk to.