I think what a person CAN do here is improve their social skills, become a better listener, learn to be a better friend, find out more about the kind of people you like and do or don't get along with, test how accurate your first impressions are, learn how to apologize sincerely, become less lonely, feel like part of a community, get and give appreciation - well, all these things ARE social skills and I think they DO carry over into real life. Just "walk around" meeting people - frankly I would change my name to something that doesn't sound like an 80 year old grieving widower - not that there's anything wrong with that! - and who knows what can happen?