If you have no friends…

[PegorySpeck]

Do you think there is something wrong with you, or you just haven’t met your tribe yet?

@PegorySpeck I feel the same way and wish there was a way of meeting others online outside of something like facebook. So many of us seem to feel the same way so it would be wonderful to be able to connect with others

Hmm, think for me a combination of being burnt too often, autism and/or being an introvert.
I'm a kind, friendly person who loves helping others but tend to have become quite withdrawn the last few years due to both health problems and a lot of loss. Hope to meet some good people in time though

Both... I have no friends except
my work colleagues really. I suppose that's normal? I don't know?

Oh it's me. I don't have the energy for anyone else.
I direct it to DD, DH and Ddog. Everyone else drives me a bit bonkers.

I always wanted a tribe. A group of women to do stuff with. I now have that but im struggling to fit them in what with working FT/running the house/ making enough time for DC & DH/seeing my parents/organising everything at home/my hobby and seeing my other random friends & our joint/couple friends. Im a people pleaser and worry about saying no. As it is, the group have made plans to meet up on 4 separate occasions on the weekends in Dec & leading up to Xmas. What with their planned meet ups and other things I have on, it means I'm out every Fri and Sat in Dec before Xmas. My DC will be sad they won't see me and I want to do stuff with them in the run up. I will have to decline some invitations, which I find very hard. Some in the group are divorced and have eow child free, some have much older DC who live away. Mine are 12 & 15. The 15 is SEN and never leaves the house alone.

I think a huge amount about friendship is just luck. I’m terrible for losing touch with people, (especially those I went to school with) but have a couple of friends from my first job and a youth club. I find it easy to make new friends; but only in certain situations: since my early 20s I haven’t made any friends at work (no enemies either), but I found baby groups very easy to make friends at. I’m also very ugly, but it hasn’t stopped me making friends (some of them are stunning)