I am turning 24 soon and don't have a very large group of friends, if you'd call it that. I have a few people that I talk to online and then my husband's friends, but that's it. We (my husband and I) have been building ties with people, and my husband is very positive about me making new friends. He wants me to consider his friends as my own, though that is still pretty difficult.

But to answer your title question, if you feel that you are missing something in your life when it comes to friendships, and you aren't happy with just have family for friends, then I guess you aren't happy, are you? If not, then you should do what would make you happy, and if that happens to be making more friends, then you should go for it.

My husband and I are both natural introverts, but if you looked at my husband around his friends or me while I'm at work it might be hard to tell. We both force ourselves out there. It's really hard and stressful for me, but I've only been doing it for the last few years. My husband has been doing it since he was in high school so it comes more naturally and he isn't as drained after.

I do know, though, that if you are a natural introvert, you will have to work really hard in order to start making friends outside your family.