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You've figured out that it's pretty likely you're going end up dying and not knowing anyone? It's like... I quite literally do not converse with anyone in life except three people. These people are not my friends. I have no idea how to make friends and haven't really ever had any. This obviously does not bode well on the dating front. It's kind of a double problem, in the sense that I not only have to contend with trying to find people and get to know them (and doing it badly), but I also have to contend with myself, because I am not comfortable being around other people.

People will say that there's someone out there or you'll get some friends eventually. I like to term this lying and it is not a white lie, either. I fail to see what's going to change in the future, when things haven't changed for 11 years or something. I'm kind of wondering what hell I do here. I don't know how to converse with people, I don't know how to act around them. I'd go so far as to say the average person would probably see me as handicapped. And who wants to date someone who seems handicapped, except for some kind of sick joke?

I'm trying to find solutions to this problem, except I'm not having much luck.

If all you need is mere friendship, I suggest finding a local church, temple, or community center (whatever fits your particular faith, be it Christian, Jewish, Athiest, or whatever else under the sun) to join... for all the particular crazy groups that are out there, there are just as many that are actually quite level-headed and sane, and if you find the right group, you'll be accepted for who you are, without prejudice (I am as such at my church)...

If you're looking for something a bit more intimate, however, I can't help you... I'm probably going to die without ever feeling the presence of a significant partner in my life...

Aw, guys - don't give up hope! . Do you mind if I make a suggestion? I went through this a couple of years ago. Someone suggested that I do this, and it worked: I literally forced myself to go our once or twice a week to events that were designed for meeting/talking to people for one month. I went to sites like "going.com" and "meetup.com" and just went. Sometimes I met people and had a good time, sometimes I did not. But I stayed at each event for 1 hour regardless. I had a magazine with me just in case I had to sit there and amuse myself with a beer for that whole hour.

What's better? Hoping for miracles your whole life and getting disappointed and miserable when they don't happen, or coming to terms with reality?

is that you can't expect to have meaningful relationships with people if you
1) never attempt to meet anyone
2) attempt to mold yourself into what you imagine someone else wants
3) feel that you're unworthy to be loved or appreciated

The best advice I could give is to try to meet people who like what you like. Join a book club or archeology club or a matrix fan club... that's how the NT's do it, it's just that there are more of them LOL.
I went for very long periods of time without so much as a friend. I worked on liking myself and learned to blame other people for hurting me when they did, rather than thinking I was crap. I worked on appreciating people who maybe didn't want to be in a relationship with me but instead of judging me, felt that I was a great person but we just had very little in common. And I have a best friend now who happens to be my husband as well. Is our relationship perfect? No. But they never are. It's the closest and best of my life and I wouldn't have it if I didn't go back out there with my head in the right place.

I agree with what ToadofSteel said.

If you really want something, you need to be proactive. You shouldn't have to worry about acting a certain way, because you want someone who likes you for who you are. How did you meet the 3 people you know now?
I find work is a good way to meet people, that way you can get to know people over time with nothing at stake.

My dad once said to me that whenever he moves to a new town, he goes to the nearest pub and sits at the bar with a book. More often than not, ppl asked him what he was reading, and conversation started from there.

I've tried to read a book at the bar before, but didn't want to converse with ppl, and they still tried to make conversation.

Maybe try it? At least if it doesn't work, you can go home drunk!

I'm not sure what the answer is hal but I'm sure there is a way for you to meet someone. Whether it will be by you attending cooking classes, learning a musical instrument, going swimming or what I don't know.

I have to say I think the previous poster's suggestion to read a book at a bar is a really good one. I've never tried it but it makes sense. If you read something you like and someone else likes it they might start chatting to you and have lots in common.

IF you like music and can bring yourself to going to concerts, that would be a great place to make like minded friends. I get hellos all of the time if I go to a show.