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A lot of people don’t have friends. But no one wants to tell the reason to their face. Here are the real reasons why:
1. You are not emotionally supportive
You like to tell “how it is”, always be right, not show interest in what other people talk about, and perhaps act stoic or unsupportive when people are going through something. Or like me, you’re borderline Aspergers. You are not designating yourself as someone who people go to for emotional support and they go find better people who can.
It may not be completely your fault, but you’re selfish. I know from experience. You’re giving solutions to problems when people just want someone to hear them out. You only want to talk about what interests you. You’re always joking. Or you are always the one with the problems and don’t give space to others. There’s some disconnect occurring that is not fulfilling that person’s needs and they won’t be staying around.
2. You have no interests
99 times out of 100, meeting a new person will not lead to a friendship. You may not get along with them, or maybe they don’t like you. It’s fine. You want to start having interests so you can start meeting lots of people and increasing your chances of meeting someone you can see…