I hate socialising/talking to people and it's kind of annoying me

Well as long as you are not miserable and grumpy when you are approached not much you can do.

Fair enough, not everyone wants/can talk to people very easily, not everyone enjoys being sociable all the time. I was the same at college, but it meant I got good grades so it was worth it in my books. As long as you're polite enough to people and enjoy your course, it doesn't really matter. If you do actually want to get motivated to talk to people then start off small- a nod and a smile to someone on your course or something. You're likely to want to talk to people if people talk to you.

Thanks for a helpful reply. All I want to do is pass this course top of the class ideally, I'll approach or sit next to people similar to me, probably because I know they won't bother with small talk, they get on with work and do what needs to be done.

At the person who said to give people a chance I might like them, I do, I listen to what they have to say and 80% of the time it just pisses me off.

It's just getting to me that the younger people keep looking at me like they feel sorry for me or think I'm a joke. I look about 17 which doesn't help.

I'm a happy person I love life the way it is,, so much that I don't feel the need to bother with other people, they don't realise this though and it's starting to upset me. I just want to be seen as an adult I guess, go about my own thing without judgement of being cool or not.

I started an AAT Accounting course on Monday and I was hoping because it's a vocational study sort of, that I wouldn't have to faff around with group work and "confidence building tasks". I simply want to go in, learn, discuss if need be, sit my exams and progress onwards. I don't want to make little buddy buddy friends along the way I have a girlfriend, family, and close friends already.

There are several older adults on the course, I enjoy sitting near them because they generally won't mix with the teenagers and they seem more down to earth and don't force conversation.

It's really annoying me now though because I just don't have motivation to talk to people and I look like a grumpy/shy loser with no friends who sits by himself all the time.

Everyone is forming groups already, there's one or two girls that seem "warming" but I just don't think I'd have the motivation to sit around people for a whole 45 minutes at lunch. I usually go to the pub by myself and eat something an have a pint.

Is anyone else like this? Am I weird? I'm 20, I hate typical college kids and teenagers, I'm fine at work but when I want to study I work by myself, I go in, learn, go home. I don't want to listen to how someone got laid on the weekend.

Help!