I am 53 yo male. I weigh 157 kg. I have Moderate Autism and Moderate Depression. Thank G-d and my parents, I am provided for.
Even though I am heterosexual, I never had or looked for a girlfriend or a romantic partner. Given my weight and Autism I never thought about trying. I do not blame women for my loneliness. I am very interested in men's issues, which most women find offensive, thus I will not elaborate here.
One of my best memories of college years is having a lot of male friends. I talked to them a lot. In High School, I was a class clown. In College we discussed serious political and social stuff. I was not very much into studying. Since graduating in early 2000s, I lost all my former friends and became very lonely.
I started looking for telephone friends of similar socioeconomic status. At that time Zoom and similar programs did not exist. I thought it would be easy to find many similar people of low social status to talk to. Any friendship or support group should be beneficial to all participants.
Paradoxically, even finding online non-romantic friends turned out to be extremely difficult. Over two decades, I had about six telephone friends. I had a few conversations with each of them, but they did not grow into long-term friendships.
Over the years, I have put much effort into finding long-distance friends, but with almost no success. I had a separate 1-800 number for which I paid $10 per month for several years. A few times I have used a service called Rent a friend. On several forums, announcing a virtual meeting is permissible -- yet no one came to my meetings.
I do not know what to say, but I would like to hear from others in a similar situation.
Even though I am heterosexual, I never had or looked for a girlfriend or a romantic partner. Given my weight and Autism I never thought about trying. I do not blame women for my loneliness. I am very interested in men's issues, which most women find offensive, thus I will not elaborate here.
One of my best memories of college years is having a lot of male friends. I talked to them a lot. In High School, I was a class clown. In College we discussed serious political and social stuff. I was not very much into studying. Since graduating in early 2000s, I lost all my former friends and became very lonely.
I started looking for telephone friends of similar socioeconomic status. At that time Zoom and similar programs did not exist. I thought it would be easy to find many similar people of low social status to talk to. Any friendship or support group should be beneficial to all participants.
Paradoxically, even finding online non-romantic friends turned out to be extremely difficult. Over two decades, I had about six telephone friends. I had a few conversations with each of them, but they did not grow into long-term friendships.
Over the years, I have put much effort into finding long-distance friends, but with almost no success. I had a separate 1-800 number for which I paid $10 per month for several years. A few times I have used a service called Rent a friend. On several forums, announcing a virtual meeting is permissible -- yet no one came to my meetings.
I do not know what to say, but I would like to hear from others in a similar situation.
