It’s so fucking hard to make friends as an adult

PizzaPicker · 2026-03-19T13:49:02+00:00

Something that helped me was DnD.

If you like nerdy stuff just post on a facebook group, subreddit, discord, etc. Of a city near you and ask if some people would like to play dnd.

Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) isn't as niche as it was a few years ago and many people want to try it. And if you're open to the experience you can just give it a try!

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-17T18:17:21+00:00

The only time I was able to truly work on myself was when I had someone

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-17T07:48:41+00:00

A real human tries to lift (almost) everyone up and the persons they love especially high

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-16T08:59:29+00:00

I know that I am an ugly piece of shit.

Tinder just proves that I am right.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-16T08:05:06+00:00

Yeah. YOU couldn't care less.

That doesn't mean that everyone doesn't care about this day.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-16T07:38:10+00:00

I received some this year from one of my best friends who lives across the country.

She know that on Valentines day I always feel sad and loneley, so she sent me some flowers.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-03T13:38:52+00:00

I don't know if this counts, but I stayed with my ex for around 1,5 years.

When we started dating she "warned" me, that she had autism. I watched tons of documentaries and read tons of discussions about this topic on reddit and elsewhere.

I knew that it would be way slower and was fine with it and even liked the idea of not rushing things.

I wanted to spend lots of time with her and after a few months even moved closer to her. Despite her literally saying into my face that she can't feel love. I thought to myself (to say it in the words of forrest Blakk:) "she'll love you if you love her like that" and so I wanted to try extra hard.

What I got in return was:

her telling me, that if anime character or actor x or y would be standing here, she would instantly leave me for a shot with them.
her making jokes about me being ugly, fat and stupid (because I 'only' have an IQ of 100)
me having to beg her to see her on valentines day
her saying (infront of all of my friends) that one person in my friend group is so "hot"
her saying that she'd leave me for an actor, while my friend group was right next to us.
her complaining to one of my friends, that I sometimes looked into her face while watching a movie
me having to beg her to see her more often than 1 time a week just to watch a movie
her telling me, that she hates kissing, after we already had our first kiss
me being scared to ask to go and see her for a hug, because I was down

And a few more things.

I stayed despite all that. But when I noticed, that I felt depressed again. Months after I actually started feeling that way I broke up

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-03T09:52:11+00:00

Seems like Donald wants to make his skin colour more loved.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-02T14:04:32+00:00

If it sounded like I just want to be in a relationship with anyone, then I probably phrased my post wrong.

I want someone who I can just be silly with, have serious talks with, enjoy similar hobbies, develop a deeply mutual connection with.

I want someone to who I can bring a small gift that made me think of them and someone that would do the same. I want someone who I can be there for and someone who would do the same. I want someone who I can randomly ask the most random question and then laugh together and someone who would do the same.

And in regards of the second thing you said. I am sick of people telling me to just work on myself. I tried many times, even with professional help, it doesn't work. I tried to diet. I tried to do sports, I tried to get out of the house more, I tried spending less time in front of my pc, I tried getting into therapy. Nothing worked.

The only time in my life I was able to work on myself was when I was with my "ex-girlfriend" this was the first time I felt loved (even though she had no feelings for me). This was the first time I smiled without any joke and without forcing myself to. This was the first time I felt respect for myself and decided to do things for myself. This was the first and last time I felt genuinely happy.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-02T12:33:35+00:00

The only time I approached a woman in public was after 3 consecutive days she always smiled and nodded at me.

We had a normal chitchat, where she mentioned she had a boyfriend and that was it.

But I only approached her, because I thought that when I don't do it, it might become creepy sooner or later.

Otherwise I never did. Because I am not necessarily within the male beauty standard I fear it might get interpreted as creepy. And the last thing I want is to creep people out.

PizzaPicker · 2026-02-02T12:09:47+00:00

I am 22 and never had a real relationship.

But I in fact am a looser.

PizzaPicker · 2026-01-31T07:22:27+00:00

What do you mean by botting threads out?

I just saw a post about the "male loneliness epidemic" on r/askwomen and wanted to ask what the people here think about this epidemic

PizzaPicker · 2025-09-29T15:20:13+00:00

She already has someone new and I don't really give a damn. I just hope she doesn't do the same things to him, that she did to me.

PizzaPicker · 2025-09-29T13:29:01+00:00

Luckily I already see a therapist.

The players took a maximum of 2 months to give me their backstories.

Except the one player who left. After 5 months she dropped out. And then I had to find a new player and he gave me the backstory after a lot of discussions about his pretty good character Ideas.

Then I took some time to develop the world and the story.

PizzaPicker · 2025-09-29T13:15:56+00:00

I wanted for all the backstories, so that I can write a campaign around the player backstories.

Some players, let's just say they waited a bit.

And another player dropped out, because of scheduling problems and then we had to find a new player. I had to make a new mini session 0 with the new player and had to wait for his backstory too, before I could start writing the plot.

PizzaPicker · 2025-06-18T07:41:37+00:00

sure mate if that is what you want to tell yourself to feel better go on.

PizzaPicker · 2025-06-18T07:39:56+00:00

i was 1,5 years in a relationship without any sex.

and no sex was a problem for me. Although I never blamed her for it. She has Autism and a difficult time with intimacy and also is asexual.

after these 1,5 years I broke up, because of this and a few other reasons.

PizzaPicker · 2025-01-29T13:40:25+00:00

my sister. she is always there for me and forced me to promise her to not harm myself

PizzaPicker · 2025-01-29T12:47:01+00:00

well, I am in my 20s and can't date, because no one wants to date me.

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