Poll: Do you have a social life?

[Internet Kraken]

No, I don't. It's really something I've only recently come to accept, but I just don't have one. I used to be content blaming other people for this, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't my fault as well.

Suffice to say, one of my closest friends suddenly hating me at a young age made me incredibly sad. But more than that, it made me paranoid. I always thought that people were just pretending to be nice to me, only to mock me behind my back. This was true to some extent, but looking back I can see that there were a number of individuals that were trying to be legitimately friendly, but I drove them away because I didn't believe it. This alone wouldn't have made me anti-social as I still had my other friends that I trusted. But I made the incredibly stupid decision of going to a different school than them. I really don't know why I did that. So I was separated from them for 3 years. While I made some new friends at that school, I never saw them after leaving it. So my old friends had grown very distant and my attitude was driving away potential new friends. And I didn't realize all this until years later.

Of course I'm trying to fix my social appearance but the damage as already been done. I don't expect people to suddenly become friendly with me after years of isolation and hostility. But the thing is, I don't really mind that much. Yeah I'd like to have some more friends, but the absence of them hasn't left me depressed. The way I see it, whining about not having friends won't improve my social life, so I might as well just move on and stop dwelling on what could have been.

Don't know why I bothered to type that. Guess I just wanted to say it to someone, even if it is on some random internet forum.

Has anyone noticed the massive increase in threads/polls regarding social lives and the associated things?

Stuff like social life, girlfriends, if you're a virgin, if you're a loner etc.

Very odd.

It's probably because the sight of one thread relating to social life inspires other people to make more of them.

But not him. You're a douche-bag, him!

I knew it was only a matter of time before someone screwed up that trick.

 

[MrPandarium]

One of my roommates was a good friend of mine before I moved with him so now all of our common friends hang out at our place all the time so yeah I got a pretty decent social life.

 

[BonsaiK]

Yes, I have a social life.

Because of the work I do, work and social life intermingle somewhat, sometimes to the point where an activity that I'm doing can't really be separated distinctly into either category. For instance, I'm often required to go out to certain concerts and meet certain people and talk to them in order to drum up business or arrange certain things.

I never used to be very social but that's changed a little as I've gotten older. I do spend a lot of time alone and that helps me to be more social when I have to.

 

[Steppin Razor]

I'll say sort of. I have a few mates that I generally see every weekend, and some other mates I see every couple months, but apart from that not much. I'm not what you would call a people person and I hate going out to clubs and bars unless there's going to be a lot of mates there or it's for someone's birthday.

 

[Enigmers]

I go to school, talk to people, hang out with my friends (in real life and through Steam).

 

[Cody211282]

Thanks to class I don't, i will after it finishes I hope

 

[Lord Beautiful]

No, nor do I have friends. Well, I take that back. I do have friends, but they live two hours away (assuming traffic is clear and I'm feeling frisky with the gas pedal).

 

[Lamppenkeyboard]

I only have a handful of friends that I get together with outside of school, but I do have a social life.

 

[sticktrick]

sort of, i used to do stuff about every weekend but ever since i moved to another state last year havent really made the effort.

 

[thom_cat_]

I have two groups of friends to hang out with :/
So I've put my gaming on hold.
Oh and I have yr 12 to die through.

 

[GreyWolf257]

I have a huge social life. I used to try to stay alone most of the time, but I now find myself messing around with my friends for days at a time. As a matter of fact, I just got back from a seven-hour session of going about the town with a bunch of my pals.

 

[zehydra]

I am not terribly surprised by "sort of" being the dominant response among gamers. I'm not at all disappointed either, lol.

 

[Angry Caterpillar]

Kinda; I have a social life online, but I've pretty much gone out of my way to avoid people in real life as the majority of them aren't really my type of people. On the internet you can be more nit-picky, it's handy.

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Of course I do.
I try almost every weekend to try and get out of my house. I got out with people a lot of the time.
Sadly, about 75% of my friends are seniors and shall be moving away to college in a few months, so it kinda sucks.
But I'll make some more, I always do.

 

[8bitmaster]

it depends on how you define social life..... I spend at least 75% of my waking hours on my computer usually, but I also have real life friends and go outside so I guess that means I have a social life, I just don't do too much about it.

 

[clzark]

ya, I do. but only on the weekends, really. sometimes when I'm feeling ansy or need a study break I'll go to a nearby friends house