That and his enthusiasm for Darth Vader totally won me over!

He was a total cutie. I loved his Millennium Falcon cufflinks :)

I normally feel like child actors are a little smarmy, but the kid from Room is killing it on the carpet. So cute!

OMG, I never heard it called the teapot pose before. That’s perfect.

Yep, it looks like things will remain boringly “bridal” again this year.

Keep frequenting the same places and get to know the people who work there/go there. Make chit chat. Works for me.

When I moved to a new town a couple years ago, I tried staying at home all the time and never going out unless I needed something.

Embarrassing to admit, but part of the reason why my bf and I aren’t married is because I’m afraid nobody would come to the wedding except his friends and his family. I get along with everybody, but I seem to be on the periphery of everybody else’s close social groups. I don’t think there are really any people who…

Yes. In high school I did drugs and had an untreated mental health issue so I was a general mess. When I got sober and sane I was nothing like young me. I felt like those that knew me when I was younger never knew the real me and I didn’t like to be reminded of my former self so I didn’t keep in touch. My sister on…

I think if you have 3-4 people you can confide in, you’re actually doing pretty well. I don’t mean this to be dismissive of your feelings, because I do understand them. I also have only a couple of people I’d consider close friends. The person I text most often, by far, is my sister.

I just moved back to my hometown after living abroad for five years and only hang out with my family. I tried keeping up with people from here when I moved away, but most people are kind of out of sight, out of mind with friendship and now that I’m back its like “We should catch up!” then it never happens. The people…

Absolutely I feel this way. I don’t have that one good girlfriend whom I can call to come over if something awful happens. I’ve actively gone out of my way to be more social. But at 43 people have their own social sets-set. They believe taking on another friend is an emotional/time drain. People also believe that a…

Seconding everything the others have said, plus: take classes! I’ve made friends through Spanish classes (both other students and the teacher, who is the same age as the rest of us). Yoga classes are good, but only if the class size is small enough that you can recognize people’s faces from week to week; my local…

I was literally coming here to vent about the same thing. I work with only a couple of other people, both men who I don’t particularly like on a personal level. I’m in grad school but haven’t really connected with anyone there either. I’d still categorize my high school besties as my “best friends” but I haven’t seen…

yup yup yup! i’m going into my senior year of college this fall and the only person I talk to consistently is my boyfriend (and my parents). I just feel like I don’t “click” with anyone in my classes or anything. I had a few acquaintances for a semester or two but despite liking each other as people we didn’t have…

Try Meetup.com. It gets me out of the house.

My parents moved me out of state literally at the end of high school to a tiny town in the Nevada desert. This was on top of them deciding to join Jehovah’s Witnesses when I was 12. Both of things messed me up for life.

YES. I moved from the coast of NC to waaay out in bumfuck Tennessee in elementary school and finally after getting comfortable there and feeling like it was home my parents moved me AGAIN after month grade. It was difficult for me to make new friends because once again it was a small farming type community where…

Hey, I have been the depressed partner in this situation. As much as you love your boyfriend, you can’t be his only source of support. It sounds like you are doing everything you can to help him and convince him that you won’t leave him. This is really empathetic and generous of you. However, it won’t be enough to…

Are you at all athletic or interested in anything like that? I have met great friends through running and triathlon groups. Doesn’t have to be those though - walking or yoga or ultimate frisbee - whatever floats your boat, there are probably groups that meet to do those things.