I tried and tried to make new friend connections. I gave up.
Accepted the fact that I'm alone.
Hey I live in New York City, and, as big a City as this is, with so many people in it, and yet everyone is lonely here.
Something sure ain't right with this picture....

I have several acquaintances and get along with everyone i come across but it seems difficult to find those people that really want to connect. And not always with booze. I can go out and drink with anyone but that gets old after a while too

I live in nyc too maria718 & not a friend in the world. I tried 2 other states same thing. I did have one friend but she dropped me even tho I put on my happiest face with her. Stopped my social media after a debate w some popular ass about the treatment of the mentally ill & how everyone cries into their cornflakes when that one person( usually a celebrity ) offs themselves. This prick laughed at me & said he was a unipolar manic( rare)& therefore was immune to killing himself. No friends there. One woman in az said she had to go to the bathroom & she’d call me right back. Never heard from her again. My mother says I’ve never been good w friends.
So it’s just me & im freaking old now & not really sure I like myself much either

I live in the UK and I too feel alone. I don't think I have ever really connected with people. I have loads of acquaintances who I got on ok with but no one to actually be a friend. I would love to have someone to talk to and share things and support but I don't seem to fit in anywhere. I try to be a nice person and to listen to people but it s not enough. maybe I try too hard. I have been a loner since I was a child, i couldn't take other children back to my house. maybe i am socially awkward. I seem to get on better with animals and children, maybe cause I can be myself with them...

I find myself wanting to go out and connect with people but at the same time content to be home or just work. I miss having the connection all the time though

I miss friends I used to have. I think social media ruined everything. No one wants to hang out anymore, just live in their selfish fantasy worlds. It's like if you don't talk to them on Facebook you don't exist.

That's one of the reasons i got rid of Facebook. I wouldn't have even minded having the connection on Facebook but even there conversations were sparatic and every so often.

I feel the same way. Short of work and my girlfriend and her kids, I don't speak to a single soul. When they went out of state a few months ago I honestly got up, went to work, came home and watch YouTube videos about locks and lock picking then went to bed. Zero human contact for about a week. I'm so effing lonely. I used to have so many friends, but life happens and people move away and start their own families.

I like having a small circle. I don't need allot of people but even the few i used to have are no more

I thought I was the only person feeling this way. Sad yet glad to know that it's not just me who is having trouble making connections with others. I find that I'm expecting others to genuinely care about me as much as I do for them, when really their intentions are mostly selfish.

As much as i would love to have those connections again, i don't find myself expecting or hoping for it anymore. If it happens that's great but i don't want to set myself up for failure if that makes sense