Have anyone out there lately felt like they have this inability to make friends? Like my small talk is terrible and I can't possibly make a friend when my life depends on it. -_-; I used to love making friends and it seemed so easy but now, it's all different.

Has anyone gone through that stage before?

Yeah, I feel like that sometimes. I didn't meet my friends until I started taking ASL classes a year ago. Try doing some activities outside your norm that you have always wanted to do. I made some amazing friends by taking sign language classes. You just have to try to get over your awkwardness by just putting yourself out there. Good luck!

bah, i'm terrible at making friends. (my own age especially- i can hang out with 10 year olds fine, they love me :( ) i had some friends when i was younger, but i was never really popular. i have very few irl friends because i'm shy and i can't start a convo. it's horrible. there's maybe two people (besides family members) i can openly talk too w/o being nervous n shit.

i have problems talking to new people ON THE INTERNET. THE INTERNET i used to have more online friends, but now it's pretty much just my one friends Jess :P i have literally like 5 people on my msn list omg.

lonely train choo choo :(

I was never good with small talk either since ive always been terribly shy I started talking to people when I was in 7th grade and thats when I managed to make some friends Im still shy, but i just talk more than i used to i guess

I've never even left that stage yet, and I'm 16.

I only started talking to people because I joined marching band last summer, so I kinda had to interact with people. I'm a little more outgoing than I used to be.

I'm absolutely terrible with striking up conversation. I have to wait for someone to start one because I have no idea how.

As a result, I'm apparently regarded as unapproachable because I have the social skills of a rock.

If I get into situations where I'm by myself along with alot of people I've never met before, I suddenly become this talk machine and don't really feel nervous at all, at least not for more than the first couple of minutes.

I was going with this group of high schoolers from Nebraska and Iowa, never talked to any of them or met them in person. I just met up with the group at O'hare airport. I was quiet for the first couple of minutes, sitting by myself listening to my CD player when I finally just said to myself, "What the hell, do I really want to be doing this the entire trip? =/" Got up and went to go talk to a group of kids and we became really good friends. :3

When I'm with people that I kind of know though it's different. I'm alot more nervous which is weird. x.x Wish everyone I talked to I could talk to like I'd never met them before.

I'm not good at small talk either :P and it's hard for me to make friends. I'm not the kind of girl with a huge group of friends, but I have a small group of BFFs

start with compliments, but not flirty ones, or a how's it going. i swear it's not awkward. people are really dying to meet people. its just staeeping a little bit out of your comfort zone. you can do it!!

Dude, I'm almost 21 and I'm still stuck in that stage. Honestly I don't think I'll ever grow out of it. I'm so fucking awkward and I can't make friends for the life of me. It's a rather sad state of affairs really. I can't even make internet friends. :(

i HAD to make a new friend today mum sent me over to this family that had just moved into the village i had no idea what to do or say or anything from the minute i walk in the door it was a nightmare XD I'd tell you what happened but because i didn't say much there's nothing to tell XD

anyway yeah, just try stepping out of your comfort zone, if it goes wrong never talk to them again, but if it goes great then you have a new friend XD