I wonder that same thing. I'm in that same position pretty much albeit a bit younger.

well they may not be on the phone right off-but perhaps getting involved with crafts/hobbies you're interested in you will meet others and also volunteer work

I wanted to welcome you to the group!! We are here to support you!

> " I wanted to welcome you to the group!! We are here to support you! "

Thanks a lot -- have not been here since '12.

Are there any places to meet phone friends? I have no drivers license or reasonable public transportation.

If your looking to talk on phone or just texting? I personally won't give my number out anymore had too many weird psychos texting me so now I use kik it's a message system kinda like texting but don't need give phone number out just user id... I'm not sure if your looking for group out in your area or online but there are some apps you could use like kik,snapchat, there are people who are not comfortable giving there phone number out.

Hi Stradaletz. I am younger than you, but I went through college, am unemployed, and live with my parents too. I have social anxiety, and that's probably a big reason for my unemployment. I enjoyed college because I love learning and talking about new things. I'm not sure about calling people on telephone, but maybe you could find people on a forum with your interests. Maybe you could set up regular Skype group calls to talk about topics you are interested in.

I don't know of any groups that do telephone stuff...in old days there was a thing called Telepersonals....which was a dating telephone thing where you let people know about yourself and they would leave you voicemails....it might still exist but I do not know how to find it...called Telepersonals...but it was fee based too....

hie guys

Its good to join you, yes volunteer jobs will do just fine i have applied for one or two but haven't gotten any responses.i recently started school in a new country in Europe and finding it hard to make friends so i spend most of my time at home school and shopping kind of boring

with your Asperger's I applaud you for trying to make connections. That is not easy to do and some people don't understand that. I do. I have a son with Asperger's and his friends are either at work (part time grocery store) or online with his video games. He never leaves the house to go out with any of his friends and never makes a phone call. Congratulate yourself for trying to step out of the norm for yourself.

Yeah, you have a PhD, but that doesn't mean you have to work in your field to get out of the house. Start with a part time job somewhere, even if it is bagging groceries. That will get you interacting with people and you might make some friends. Plus job experience of any type will look good on a resume.