what is your T's issue? you have a partner. when was the last time anybody made a friend thru a class? I made a friend thru AA in 1996 but we're NOT friends anymore. I've been to classes and groups and people are there WITH their friends already, or they just don't want to make friends with ME. How many times do we have to prove this? There was an article in the nytimes a week or so ago about how hard it is to make friends after a certain age and stage in life. You might make "activity partners", which i'm not complaining about. but classes - choose wisely. don't make yourself feel worse by blindly following T's orders, that's all i'm saying.