Feeling extremely lonely ☹️

[hobnobbex]

So I have no friends.
Throughout school, and years after school I had lots of friends. 2 years ago I moved away from my home town, and moved back in November... while away I had lost contact with friends or friends had moved away.
Now I have no one. ☹️
I do the school run in the morning, come home potter around the house and then school run in the afternoon. I’m on the own everyday, all day and just wish I had a friend. I talk to DH friends girlfriends/wife’s when we are out and one gf said to pop her a message whenever I’m free and to pop round for coffee... so I did, and nothing no reply just read my message, not even ‘sorry I’m busy’ I feel so awkward now maybe she was just trying to be nice.
I feel like these something wrong with me, how do you make friends?

Get a job

Join PSA.

I’m in the same boat as you. I find it extremely difficult to make friends. In my case it’s because I’m a bit standoffish and not very welcoming. I’ve had two “friends” steal my boyfriends/fiancé so I’m now very wary of letting any strange women into my life. I see women together being like sisters and in and out of each other’s houses and I’d love to be like that but sadly I can’t trust somebody enough to be like that :( think I’m destined to be a loner!

You can’t actually lose contact with friends in only 2 years - it’s a short enough time that you can just ring them up/email and say ‘Hi it’s me, I’m back in town’, or if it’s a small town you’ll bump into them. It’s quite normal when you’re busy with work and family to not see an old friend for a year or two.

Making friends is easy you just chat to people at the school gates and go from there. Would it be possible to change your work shifts to more sociable hours? At the same time small towns are a bit shit because there’s less to do and fewer people to choose from.

You've had great suggestions here.

I just wanted to extend a cyber hug to you. That sounds tough...

As for the lady who suggested coffee then didn't bother replying to a text, forget about her! That's plain rude, I don't care what anyone says. This idea that people are too busy to reply to a text? I say people aren't too busy for any priority and if they don't reply to a text it's simply because it wasn't a priority.

Hold your head up high and be chatty, open etc wherever you go (as well as all the great advice on here). Hugs