It is true I am not the only one who feels like this. But in my circle of friends, I likely am.
As for not being different, fact is I am. The injuries bit and related things mean I'm permenantly not able to do things like play football etc, but then I am sure there are people with partners who can't do certain things which I can, whether due to injury, luck, or the choices that person made in life.
To top that off, one girl I know always says I'm different and not like other boys, one reason being because I analyse a lot. But then without the experience, this is the only tool I have - or problem, if misused.
Conveniently, that girl goes to my uni, I met over the uni intranet, was supposed to meet up, play pool together, but thanks to luck (when she was able to meet up, she had a group meeting), or my naivety (being shy when some focus group was being filmed, or going to a lecture or dissertation meeting, which wasn't critical and when I was doing fine), nothing happened. At the was my best chance to have a really close mate, given how we "HELPED" each other with things.
Now that she too has finished uni (1 year younger than me), I see her on msn ocassionally but have nothing to lose when I talk to her.
As for clubs, I am looking for relevant clubs to join. Time to get some new, fresh mates.
At times I link a mate up, who happens to be a man (usually any one of my male mates) and everytime I am with him I hate it because I think I should be doing this (with one person) with a girl of my age.