I can't do facebook. I have one friend on there, and that's all I can handle. I get that persecuted feeling as well, that's why I don't do FB.

As for the friends of friends: I've learned from experience, that the outside looks good, but the inside is miserable. Remember that old saying, "Don't Judge a book by its cover."

NuckingFutz (love you screen name) you aren't alone. I do know what you feel. I never fit in when I was in school, and still really don't. I've always been a loner. I march to the beat of my own drum. I know it's hard but the past can ruin our present. I struggle w/ that too.