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How do I make friends?

I’ve been seeing a lot of people lately, and they’ve been saying hi to me or starting small scale conversations with me, and I’m getting the impression that people are open to getting to know me. As much as I’d like to move forward and get to know them, I’m not sure what the steps are or if there are any. Also, I have a hard time distinguising ‘polite interest’ and ‘genuine interest’ from other people. How do you know when somebody actually wants to know you better, and isn’t exhibiting interests to pass the time ‘make me feel better’ (since they see me by myself). How do I go about making friends?

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rouuaet offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (4 minutes after post)

Hi, how old are you and where is this taking place?

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1 year, 6 months ago (22 minutes after post)

I’m 15 and people are talking to me a bit and I don’t know what to do, in simple terms.

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1 year, 6 months ago (22 minutes after post)

In high school.

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rouuaet offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (27 minutes after post)

You should listen! Hear what they say so you can reply and take interest in what they like. Be yourself. You dont have to blow it out the water, so you will know if the interest in genuine if they continue to speak to you.

Its also really nice when the other person ask question so throw in a few of those. If things keep going well maybe you guys can even hang out after school hours on the week end, but of course that might be a while.

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Help me with: When you are slightly sleep deprived and stressed do your eye lids twitch and eyeballs burn with sensitivity to light?
supermonkey6 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (59 minutes after post)

if your 15 a lot of the people you talk too are probably feel the same way you do.

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