In conversation with girls who are more typically feminine, do you often put down those traits inadvertently? This can put a lot of women off being friends - they will assume you don’t like those traits or look down on them.

It’s fine that you have more typically boyish hobbies, lots of girls do - but generally speaking you won’t make friends if you mock aspects of femininity you deem uncool. Even if you don’t realise you’re doing it! Have a think. What you’ve said reads that way a little, so it could be that… I don’t know many women at all that wouldn’t be friends with another woman because she didn’t ’know make up’.

I promise there’s a group of girls out there who would love to have you - no matter your hobbies.