Friends

[Creative]

I find it easier to make male friends too.

[Little Miss Anxious]

I'm finding hard to make friends and I would like a penpal.

[Little Miss Anxious]

Ok creative me too but sometimes they are really friends with you because they want to date you in the future but that only applies if you are currently dating someone. I am still looking for a penpal.

[Creative]

My male friend is gay.

[Little Miss Anxious]

I would still like a female penpal please. wb

[keiraknightleyfan27]

I guess it's because I lived with mostly girls growing up, but I find it difficult to make guy friends. With my friends who are girls, I try to call them at least once every week if I can't get together with them. Many live far from me or are in school so we can't hang out so I just talk with them. I try to do this, but I hate using the phone so it is hard. Keep working though and you can make good friends. I always try to remember that it is not the quantity of friends, but rather the quality of friends that matter. Most of my buddies I can talk to after months of abscence and we just talk like we saw each other yesterday. Those are the best kind in my opinion. I would like some advice on making guy friends though...

[Creative]

I also hate using the phone. I prefer to keep in touch with friends by texting or emailing. Of course if the friend is very dyslexic then that is not an option.
I never felt I had much in common with a lot of girls, as many were into make up, clothes and other things I found difficult.

[keiraknightleyfan27]

None of my friends are too much into makeup or more material things so we get on pretty well.

[vixma]

I have a great mate which I have had for 16 years then i am not bothered about making another, not being rude. I like and meet alot of people who are lovely/ or somtimes not but happy. Just been diagnosed a week ago, not worried however find that talking to others...family, work, explain what I have even though alright with it...they are reacting to it more than me. Wholly crap, woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sanabituranima]

Friends are easier to make than tthye are to keep.

[Creative]

Both making and keeping friends are difficult. When I first made this post I had just had a problem with a family friend. It is still a problem for me. I think she feels uncomfortable about falling out with my mum and dad and that that has made her feel uncomfortable seeing me. I'm angry with my friend, I'm uncertain if she still is my friend and I really miss her.

[WTCCFan]

Both making and keeping friends are difficult.

To right! I find it hard to make friends of any gender, age, social background or race. Sure I know people (as in colleagues - people I go to work or on a course with and when we go home we virtually forget we exist) but I never seem to be able to know what to do or to say to win them over (and that for me is key because I feel nowadays that is what one does when they have got a relationship or friendship) and into becoming more personal friends - the type who you hang out with and give stuff to each other.

I find it hard too to just come out and ask a person to be a personal friend of mine because I think coming out and just asking would be rude, I think, and assumes that the person you want to be friends with will automatically fall at your feet and accept your request. It also assumes particularly that the person would even want to be mates with you.

[Alex]

I found it hard to make friends especally at secdery school i got pushed out because no 1 liked me very much now its a different story i seem to get on better with women then i do men i dont know why this is though

[Catwoman42]

My problem with friends is that I tend to talk about myself a lot! And as I have short term memory problems, I can't always remember what is going on in their lives. I try very hard since my diagnosis (3 years ago) as I have a better understanding of myself. I have a few close friends and lots of acquaintances. Like the last post, I get on best with men and enjoy their company. Possibly because people comment that I think like a man!

[NobodyElseWill]

I have close friends but I always find them quite boring after a bit and i kinda want to get away from that group of people completely simply because we have similar problems but it's like i've known the all my life and i've never had someone "normal" someone i can go clubbing with or evening classes. Also one of my friends can be really selfish most of the time and tends to drop bombshells on me all the time and i don't get anything in return. (not even a simple thank you) even though i have turned over backwards for her. I also feel that i have known my penfriends a lot longer as i have a lot in common with them and there have been days when i've said to my mate "Sorry mate i am feeling tired" and went home and then spent the evening chatting to my closest penfriends. (I do get tired frequently as well)