I know it's not the same as having real-life friends, but there's a lot of support that can be available here on MSF. One just has to be active on the site, posting your own threads, but especially replying to other people's threads. You mentioned you like board games and, here again, I know it's not the same thing; but you might check out the Games forum here on MSF. And there's also a Pets subforum that may be of interest to you. I see you already have 7 posts to your credit. So you're off to a good start. Best wishes...