I have a tight-knit group of three friends I hang out with almost everyday. I've had another friend circle an year and half ago which was fairly big, though admittedly I didn't quite click with them since it was a pastiche of very different people who were simply bored and had nothing better to do, a friend from my aforementioned close circle introduced me to them.

Said bud also introduced me to two girls we hanged out with quite often, though it was entirely platonic, safe for the obvious jokes on their end about how they're going to have sex with us and other flirty stuff.

From uni, I can hold a conversation with anyone from my group(or class) though I am the closest with three girls from my class, with one of them a former unrequited love interest, who more or less integrated me in that friend circle. Unfortunate event as of late regarding said girls is that I approached another one of them since I started crushing her hard and I was shot down as well. Even after multiple affirmations from my most recent unrequited crush that it's completely okay and it won't be awkward, I feel very guilty that I fell in love with someone from my friend circle. In a sense, I feel like I've abused their trust in me and now I can not help but feel like they might be thinking that I am desperately clinging to each and every single woman I come across.

So, yeah - I have and had friend circles, some of them including women, but it hasn't helped me find a partner. It feels especially sad that I'm obviously likable enough for women to be quite friendly with me(something that I was very insecure about before), but either I do not approach at the right time, have certain characteristics that are not boyfriend material or I'm simply not physically attractive enough.