I would like to make friends, but one of the problems is that I don't relate to anyone. Even with people I have a lot in common with, I just don't know how to relate to them. I frequently find myself only able to listen to other people talk as I have little to nothing to contribute to the conversation.

I don't relate to fellow grad students in the same department. I've tried community groups with mixed results, but I don't have time to spend a night or two a week there and no friendships really continued after I couldn't be there all the time. I've tried meet-ups, but I don't make friends. Again, even if I had something in common, I wouldn't relate to them. It's like humans are a different species.

I think I've developed social anxiety because I don't understand other people. I have zero clue how they might act or why. I either don't have anything to contribute to a conversation because other people seem to only talk about things I've never experienced or can't relate to or I can't tell when I'm supposed to say something when I do have something to say.

I have no idea how I have a boyfriend, other than he seems to be the only other person around here that's the same species and can actually relate to me.