Why is it that attempts to make friends always seems awkward?

[somonels]

It's a slow and gradual process and you can't be "hey, wanna be friends" to a stranger and expect for that to work.

I made my best friend like that. Granted we were about five-six years old and it lasted for about three years when I moved and only met him once after, I still consider him the best friend I ever had.
Never underestimate the power of a surprise, the trick is to pick your target well and be genuine about it.

 

[Scarim Coral]

At least you ge to choose to make it happen, not having making friend thing throw at you like e.g. my mother is friend with another mother who have a son who is a similar age to me. So she expect me to act all friendly toward her friend son or something similar scenario to that.

I admit I did make friends during my Uni course but I only make small talkes toward my classmates when I went to collage for a year (however the friends I made in Uni had similar interest to me while the collages classmate had little things in common). I suppose I didn't want to act like stranger to them during the Uni course seeing how I will see them for three years of the course length (hard to explain but seen to "click" when talk to them during the early weeks of Uni and soon we became friends).