For heyitsme7: It's happened at Walmart, of all places!, just chatting with people. I also got talking to a very nice woman about my age when I was out at a second-hand store---we liked the same things, and she was admiring what I had in my cart. Pretty soon we were laughing and talking like we'd known one another forever.

My husband has some wonderful friends, and in some cases, I've become even closer to them than he has. Friends of friends, and down the line. New neighbours, too.

And I wouldn't describe myself as the MOST outgoing person ever. I'm somewhere in the middle, on that scale.

It's so much easier than it was, even a few months ago. I'm not always that chatty, and there are still days I have absolutely no desire to go mix with all & sundry. But It's gotten better than it used to be, when I couldn't even picture myself leaving the house, at all, for days on end.

So I say, never ever ever give up. Things can change for the better.