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Hi everyone,
I'm a high school junior, and I'm really lonely right now in my life. To be honest, I've never had a good friend since elementary school. I try to get to know new people, but it seems like everyone already has a very established group of friends that they are more than happy with. I have a few acquaintances that I'm friendly with and talk with a fair amount at school, but they all have good friends as well and I seem like a third wheel all too often. I wouldn't even say I'm that shy really, maybe when first meeting people but I really think I'm a pleasant person to around (I know, easy for me to say). But anyway the one thing that's really bringing me down right now is lunch. I don't really know anyone to well in my lunch period, and usually there's one or two people I'm friendly with that I sit with at lunch but none of those people are in my lunch period now, so I'm eating alone. I've tried going to other tables and introducing myself three different times now, though each time I felt like I was invading on a group of friends. Everytime I tried to make conversation I just get a "yes" "no" "good" "ok" as a response, all one-ended and then I give up after about five minutes and eat in silence next to them for the remainder of the lunch period while they're all extremely talkative with each other. I've given up on trying to find some other people now after being rejected each time. I do a fair amount of extra-curricular activities as well but haven't had much luck in them socially. I'm really confused and down and I can't bear an entire semester of eating alone, it feels so humiliating... any advice from anyone I'd really appreciate a lot... thanks!!
John
I'm a high school junior, and I'm really lonely right now in my life. To be honest, I've never had a good friend since elementary school. I try to get to know new people, but it seems like everyone already has a very established group of friends that they are more than happy with. I have a few acquaintances that I'm friendly with and talk with a fair amount at school, but they all have good friends as well and I seem like a third wheel all too often. I wouldn't even say I'm that shy really, maybe when first meeting people but I really think I'm a pleasant person to around (I know, easy for me to say). But anyway the one thing that's really bringing me down right now is lunch. I don't really know anyone to well in my lunch period, and usually there's one or two people I'm friendly with that I sit with at lunch but none of those people are in my lunch period now, so I'm eating alone. I've tried going to other tables and introducing myself three different times now, though each time I felt like I was invading on a group of friends. Everytime I tried to make conversation I just get a "yes" "no" "good" "ok" as a response, all one-ended and then I give up after about five minutes and eat in silence next to them for the remainder of the lunch period while they're all extremely talkative with each other. I've given up on trying to find some other people now after being rejected each time. I do a fair amount of extra-curricular activities as well but haven't had much luck in them socially. I'm really confused and down and I can't bear an entire semester of eating alone, it feels so humiliating... any advice from anyone I'd really appreciate a lot... thanks!!
John