ChipperMonkey - again I totally agree, and I'm really embarrassed about that - not only do I want to expand my social support network (mutually too, not just for my benefit) but I've even told my boyfriend how badly I want to make new friends and be busier with my own things. I've messaged old friends but I think those are over... which I feel ashamed about, like I failed and was a bad friend or am too difficult or selfish maybe. I'm trying to seriously figure out how to make new friends, in hopes of finding people who are more compatible with me as friends, and for me to try to be a better friend now... once you're done school though it feels way harder to make friends. Does volunteering and activity stuff really work for meeting friends?