I am not a particularly good looking guy. I don't pay that much attention to what I wear and I don't really style my hair or anything. I don't have any tattos and I'm the kind of guy who you will nearly never find in a pub and I don't really have fun there.
I do not have extremely good social skills and find it hard to make friends and get to know strangers even if they are guys. My childhood friends (well the closest friends) tended to be girls although there were guys too. I was not that popular among guys perhaps because I don't really play sports although I do exercise.
I am not gay or anything and have met nice guys as well its just that perhaps the gender "norms" of feminity might apply to me more. So I find more like minded people that are female and find that girls tend to be kinder and don't hide their thoughts as much as men. The stereotypical "macho guy"would not be a good character match for me.
I am nice and people who know me like me and I would do anything in my ability to help a friend and sometimes go too much out of my way even.
My problem now is that most of my friends who were female are people I knew since childhood. Since my late teens I notice that girls tend to have this barrier to befriending them and seem to be checking if a guy is trying to get into a relationship with them. If you are a girl do you do this (be honest).
The (often) male character that I lack is the "I'm a bro I don't care" attitude that society pushes on males. I genuinely care a lot about people and feel bad when people have problems. I don't like it when my friends are unhappy.
If you are a girl, would you like me as a friend from the description I gave? How would a guy like me approach you and what would they have to do to get to know you better and perhaps become friends. I am not very confident talking to people I barely know but I open up and become comfortable when I know the person? Is this a problem, girls really seem to like confident men a lot more.
I find it hard to make male friends too, however when I do find a male with a matching "nice" character its sometimes slightly easier as they don't seem to be checking if I just want to date them.