COLLEGE situation.
I have transferred colleges three times for financial reasons. My first college I made a lot of friends, had a wonderful year, but ended up switching schools becuase it was too expensive. I went to a community college. I had no friends, no one to talk to, I was living in my parents basement. Now I am at a different university, living in the dorm, but have not managed to make any friends. I talk to people, I have many hobbies, and I pursue them, but no one is interested in adding to their previously established friend group! It is so frustratingly lonely, especially since my college placed me in a single room (despite my request for a roommate) with only 5 other people on my hall. All of them are upperclassmen wanting a quieter living situation, which means all of them have been here and made their friends. It is a large university, so I just dont understand why this is so difficult. People are so cold and elitist, and it is so irritating because all I want is someone to talk to, be goofy with, and climb or hike with. I’m very shy, but I just love people. It just takes me a bit to be comfortable around them.
I’ve been to the office of housing, they told me I could put my name on a waiting list for a roommate in three weeks. What’s more, the school’s making me PAY for the goddamn single room, when I requested a double! I am fighitng that one, for sure. But the point is, what am I doing wrong that I can’t seem to make any friends?
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I have transferred colleges three times for financial reasons. My first college I made a lot of friends, had a wonderful year, but ended up switching schools becuase it was too expensive. I went to a community college. I had no friends, no one to talk to, I was living in my parents basement. Now I am at a different university, living in the dorm, but have not managed to make any friends. I talk to people, I have many hobbies, and I pursue them, but no one is interested in adding to their previously established friend group! It is so frustratingly lonely, especially since my college placed me in a single room (despite my request for a roommate) with only 5 other people on my hall. All of them are upperclassmen wanting a quieter living situation, which means all of them have been here and made their friends. It is a large university, so I just dont understand why this is so difficult. People are so cold and elitist, and it is so irritating because all I want is someone to talk to, be goofy with, and climb or hike with. I’m very shy, but I just love people. It just takes me a bit to be comfortable around them.
I’ve been to the office of housing, they told me I could put my name on a waiting list for a roommate in three weeks. What’s more, the school’s making me PAY for the goddamn single room, when I requested a double! I am fighitng that one, for sure. But the point is, what am I doing wrong that I can’t seem to make any friends?
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