I've had trouble making friends my whole life, I am 16 turning 17 this year. I've never had a friend to hang out with, it really sucks and I am lonely.
I just cannot make friends of either gender, I cannot make male friends and I cannot make female friends, because no one gives me the chance to become their friend.
I always try to be nice, talkative, ask questions and such. I am not unhygenic either.
For example, I go to this theathre group with other teens that are arounf 16/17 years old. I've been in this group over 3 months, and I still haven't managed to make a single friend there. The whole reason I joined it was to make friends.
Everytime I attend at this group, I talk to the others there. I am always the one initiating conversation. I ask them questions about themselves (nothing personal), I share information about myself (nothing personal) without them asking, I make eye contact, I smile, I laugh, I greet and I take farewell, etc. Even when I do this I get ignored and avoided. And they never ask me anything, never talk to me, they only respond when I talk to them. THey never ask me to hangout or ask for my social media.
I even found 3 of the kids from my theathre group on social media, and I followed them. 2 girls and one boy. I posted a lot of relatable videos on my instagram story so that they would understand that I had a personality with the intention that maybe they would want to be my friends then.
I contacted ALL 3 FIRST on instagram. I tried to initiate conversation with all 3. But guess what? These people are on their phones 24/7, and I can see that they are online. BUt one girl takes 22 hours between every message, another girl takes around the same time, and the guy I contacted takes between 1-3 hours between every message, and it is short. He never wants to contunie the conversation, he only responds, but never adds anything to what I say. He always respond short and dry.
Why cannot I make friends? Am I that terrible?
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I can tell you this rn. Friends aren’t ALL that.
But that being said, find common interests. Whatever you’re interested in, join a club that is centered around that activity. Having common interests makes bonding with people easier
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Maybe you are trying too hard that it seems off so they avoid or whatnot
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Nobody here can actually say why it's hard for you to make friends unless they actually witness you socializing in person and see how you're behaving
sounds like you're either ugly or a freak of some sort
Probably aren't self aware
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