One thing I know about myself, I too am a person that is mostly alone IRL. I pretty much can attribute most of it to my own behaviors, since I'm pretty socially phobic or at least very quiet and reserved to the point of shyness.

Of course there are positive traits about you someone or some people would find interesting. But do they get that from your brief encounters? While having common interests by no means is a minor thing, it is only part of the equation.

One thing I notice about your posts and your writing. You are very analytical and logical. you seem to be the type of person who thinks a lot about things and analyzes them - probably like me, to death. Logic has it's place but in your encounters with potential friends are you being too logical, too analytical in everythng you talk about? I know that with some people that are very logical they can seem to lack empathy. This is not to say they do lack it but that when they interact, logic always takes precedence. It's hard to see how someone feels when they're only willing to stay at that level.

I don't know if that's true of you, I can only look at what I've seen in your posts. I know that I am very different in real life than on the boards so that may be the case and I might be way off.

Just some thoughts.
~S4