Describe your social life.

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I have my family, my brother in particular.
I have my job, but I can't say I socialize much at work. I'm not good at it, and I don't really feel the need to talk either.
I've tried to become friends with people online, because I always thought it'd be nice to talk to people who have the same interests or something. It never really worked/works out. It's okay though, I'm used to it. I haven't really had any friends since elementary school.

I am not good at conventional friendships, I don't care enough so most of my friendships are superficial. I am happiest at home, socializing with my spouse and kids. I also don't mind socializing with our small group of friends at home, their home or the movies. I hate restaurants, clubs, most concerts, and stereotypically girly things (shopping/nails/massages/etc.).

I do not share my deepest and darkest secrets because when I did have friends like this in HS, I learned that opening up caused too much hurt. Women tend to be out to get you, say one thing to your face and another behind your back. The few women I am friends with, they are more understanding to my bluntness and my low tolerance for BS.

I have two best friends. One of them is an online friend I met through Tumblr and she lives in a different country. We hope to meet one day in person but for now, we text every day. My other best friend is someone I met in junior high, and we try to hang out as much as possible, but we both have busy schedules and sometimes find it hard to get together. I have a couple other casual friends I hang out with a couple times a year, usually. With my friends, we usually go out for lunch or dinner and then maybe to the library or the mall. I don't really like going to the mall though, so it usually is the library or we just stay at one of our houses and watch stuff on Netflix or chat and listen to music.

I have a very hard time making/keeping friends.

Socializing was considerably easier (but still difficult) when I was an alcoholic, but it wasn't exactly a lifestyle that I could maintain. Now that I have been sober for over a year and not taking any SSRIs for two years, I have very few friends and even have a hard time keeping in touch with family members. It is extremely stressful to initiate conversations with others, and I have a lot of anxiety about changing up my routine or leaving the house. My husband has to push me to get out and talk to people and attempt to make friends, but it often ends in me going into overstimulation/meltdown mode...followed by days of exhaustion. It is hard to want to make connections when it is such an uncomfortable experience.

Do dogs count?

I have absolutely no social life whatsoever and I'm cooler than cool with that.

I don't even like people, to be honest.

I have two close friends I barely talk to.
I dont even have a phone or a social network account.

I just prefer isolation really. I have no interest in people.

Havent had one in maybe 10 yrs or more... very depressing and pathetic.

Don't have one.

The NT world is shallow and petty, overflowing with lies and duckfaces.

Hopefully Trump will trigger WW3 before we get off this planet and pollute the universe.

For me its just one group, me my 3 Autistic bros and one neurotypical.

Throughout my years in school I never saw classmates outside of school or school related events.

I had never been to a classmates house until college when I was a part of a group project...I started having anxiety that I had never felt before, I was panicking, I had to get out of there as soon as possible.

I have facebook but no one talks to me...I have accepted being friendless, I am not bitter or depressed over it anymore. I have accepted that I am a outcast no one likes.

I love my family(parents...siblings...etc) and they are all I need when it comes to real life(outside of the internet) relationships.

I haven't spoken to anyone other than my parents and checkout staff in nearly two weeks. Recently had a severe breakdown in a different country that forced me to come back home. This was caused in part by the stress of social interaction which pushed me back into the drinking problem I've had for the last decade.

At this point, I have no real desire to socialise with anyone. If I was able to just sit in my bedroom and keep myself occupied with my interests, I would be happy enough to not interact socially for a long time. There's a part of me that feels guilty about this but I feel so miserable and exhausted in my most of my social interactions that it's hard for me to see the point.

The reality is that I'm 26 and I'm yet to meet one person who I would consider an indispensable person in my life. Maybe I expect too much for people or I'm just unlucky but I can't think of anyone who I couldn't manage without seeing again. Hopefully this will change in the future as this isn't the way I want to spend the rest of my life that's for sure.

I have 4 dogs and the lady at the bagel shop who I see every morning when I place my order. I taught my dogs non-verbal communication so I don't have to use my voice with them.

saying cheers to the supermarket cashier as i bag up and go.