I have absolutely no friends. I am happily married, have a 10 year old son...right now my wife is out shopping with a friend...and I'm sitting at home on the couch by myself as usual. I had a friend about 9 years ago, but he just seemed to lose interest in me, and I havent had one since. I honestly dont know why, I'm a nice guy, I'm pretty quiet though...I suppose this has something to do with it, not very outgoing. I'm not looking for any sympathy or anything like that, I guess it has just been bothering me a little bit lately, and what better place than the internet to vent your frustrations! Thanks for reading.

welcome to mmg
I am sure your not pathetic ,anyone who
can stay happily married for 10 + years has some
good qualities

you have found a good second home here though
there are lots of good people on this forum
ready to help and talk whenever you want,and
you can make some $$$ into the bargain

Welcome to MMG sir.

One thing forsure,when your alone you are in good company.

Welcome to MMG. Have a nice day here and u should try to make some friends here.

I'll be your friend

Me too

Welcome to MMG

I'm sure you'll find lots of friends here and make money at the same time.

Me 3

Feel free to PM me if you wanna chat sometime, or add me to MSN (info in profile )

And welcome to MMG.

Welcome th MMG .

You are not pathetic, don't think it.

You will make friends here.Good Luck.

I will be your friend
and will always be here for you

Welcome to MMG dear! Please dont feel that way! I have made many good friends here! There are lots of good people here at MMG! And Mr. Mobile is at the top of the list! The best person yuo could ever have as a friend! If you need to talk, PM me anytime!
Terri

Looking forward to getting to know you as you post more and more. Lots of great people on this board, and we try to have lots of fun throughout the many different types of threads! Welcome to MMG.

Welcome to the MMG Forum!

Mobile claims to be antisocial, yet we can't keep him quiet here!

All I can suggest other than posting here is to get up off the couch and get involved - with your son and even to go shopping with your wife! You seem very humble and nice, so just smile and stay kind to people and you will attract like-minded folks to befriend you. As your confidence grows - so will your number of good friends.

Then soon you'll be like Smilin' Bob on the Enzyte commercials!
http://www.enzyte.com/smilinbobtv.html

You sound like me - bar the wife and kids.

Nice, quiet etc....

But I just scare people instead because I prefer to be myself and many others seem to be just anally retentive.
LOL
Excluding everyone here of course.

Have you done a Myer-Briggs personality evaluation test?
We should start a thread for personailty types!

Teresa would you stop that

I'm just an ordinary guy like everyone else...

Face it Mobile, you're irresitable

notsurewhy,

Nothing wrong with ya, so don't stress it. You'll find plenty of online friends I'm sure :-) I think it's easier to find friends online, you get to find people with the same interests as you. I have a couple close friends offline but I've known them for years and we just more or less keep touch bases . They think I like my computer too much I think they like their drama too much ........

If you got a good relationship and family life, you are far ahead of most peoples anyways.

Have a great day

Thanks Samantha, if you ever need someone to say something nice you have one (Don't tell them how much I paid you)

You have a good family life and all that which is far beyond what most have. Hell I wish I had a family and all that, tired of cooking for one

You'll be fine. You can become part of the MMG family and make some money along the way. I'm not very outgoing myself so I know what how it feels man.

You have come to the right place, welcome

I can tell you first hand that the MMG family is the greatest! They all came out of the wood work to support me in my "quit smoking" mission over the last couple of weeks. There was always someone there to encourage me, discourage me , listen or chat. I couldn't have done it without them! I made a lot of friends very fast and I'm sure you will too. We make each other happy, sad, angry, loved, frustrated and appreciated. If that isn't a family then I don't know what is! Oh yeah, we also help each other make some money

I'll give you one warning though...it's very addictive! I had to change my "time spent..." from 0-1 hour to 6-12 hours!

If you ever need anything, I'm usually always here

I have to say to Mobile...I really don't know how you spread your kindness so evenly to so many people. You are truely one of a kind! Thanks

Welcome to MMG!

Here we are all one big family!



DJ

Wow! Thanks for all the replys, wasn't expecting that many made me feel pretty good, thanks!

I see that in your profile you found MMG in a magazine. What magazine was it?

notsurewhy....
Welcome to MMG. I think it is pretty typical after marriage and kids to not have much of a social life.

I've made great friends here and I'm sure you will also, we are one big happy family.

That sounds like me. I must say I am addictive and love my computer. Believe it or not there were times spent online that have helped me get through some difficult times.

My friends and family members tease me (in a good way) about my online life. When the phone rings there like don't tell me you're on the computer right. They call me point dexter, nerd, computer genius (not quite), etc. Some other people don't understand why or what I am doing when I spend all day online

.....And I can't understand and it's shocking to me how people can live without a computer. And if they have one is bafflling that they don't use it for online exploration

Anyway you will find friends and learn a lot

I think many people go through a stage in their life when they find themselves in limbo as far as friends are concerned. Many of the people you associated with in your teens, etc change as you do and you find you have not a lot in common anymore.

You'll meet many great people here in MMG and as your son starts to get into sports, hobbies, etc I am sure you will meet many people who share the same interests as you. Get involved with sports clubs, school or whatever and before you know it you'll be hanging out with people who are much like you as in valuing their family and childrens welfare.
Welcome to MMG

Hi notsurewhy!

Everything people are saying about this place is absolutely true. You will meet some great people here, and we hope you will also prosper financially, too.

If you haven't had a physical exam for a while, now might be a good time for one. Everyone feels blue sometimes, but you seem a little more than blue. I could be absolutely totally silly in suggesting it, but there may be some physical cause for the way you're feeling.

Welcome to MMG! Looking forward to getting to know you through your posts.

Renee

i agree with some of the other posts....i think once we get married and have kids, social life kinda gets lost...but we get family life which is nice too. i have mainly a couple of friends i've known for years, we all have kids, so most of our "friend time" is on the phone. an occasional lunch here and there. just kinda hard to plan things. and like some of these others have said, the computer is a great place for new friends. mmg is great. plus you can make some money which is a nice bonus. so sounds to me like you are pretty much like alot of us. keep reading and posting and you will make friends quick here.

You guys arent making marriage sound very fun

oo i think its fine. i don't have friend too



I have very little or no social life at all and here i'm single thought my social life will be better once i get married, but after read your post, i think i might change my mind . sounds like getting married is worse than being single

lol. getting married isn't worse, it's just different. i like being married.

Hello notsurewhy !
I'm still interested and waiting for your reply for this question

Oh, and welcome to MMG !
I don't think a pathetic man can make a good 10 years marriage, i believe you're not pathetic, you're just..different !
Hey, having an own world is kinda cool ! at least you're not bothering other people.

MMG in a mag? Jason's becoming a rock star

Really making marriage sound like death people...might as well stay single for life

Oh come on ,
You don't have any friends because you CHOOSE not to.
Life is about choice.
Get out and meet your neighbors
You do have neighbors, don't you?
You can meet people anywhere.

When my husband was alive I never knew when he was going to suprize me and bring someone in.
He said there are NO such thing as strangers, just people you haven't meet.
He even brought a German couple home that he meet in the store.(couldn't speak English ) I didn't know a word they said but since he had spent years in Germany, he did.

We helped them purchase their home the next year.
Nice when you can choose your neighbors.

So get up and get out, say hi to the next 10 people you meet.
Somewhere out there is a person just waiting to meet you and be your friend.
If you want friends you have to be a friend.

We are all friends at MMG...Thanks for joining our friendly family.

Some people are not that outgoing you know...

The only time I say hello is if someone does first and even then it's a chore. I know what the guy is talking about...

It's not Been there 4 times and this is it until I die.

As far as friends, just when you think you have a friend they really aren't. A true friend is hard to come by, most are just acquaintances. Some will say they are friends but they get brain farts when it really comes down to needing a helping hand. They tend to forget things you have done for them in the past and leave you behind.

A true friend is a friend till the 'end'

And usually you will only have one or two true friend in life.

Not sure if this is helping notsurewhy, but it's helping me!

It's interesting to read all of the points of view and kind of turn them over in my mind and slot them into my own experiences.

I think maybe notsurewhy needs someone to hang around with and to do things with to fill the lonely moments, not necessarily someone who would die for him. But maybe I'm wrong.