July 18, 2011 3:17 AM   Subscribe   I realised recently that I
have no friends (and barely any aquaintences) and that the lack
of human interaction is having a negative effect on me.  I live
with my other half in a nice village with houses all around, but
I speak to none of them. I work in an office with people of
vastly differing ages with whom I have nothing in common. I
spend a lot of time on the internet but I don't spend much time
discussing things, just lurking and occasional drive-by
commenting. I've spent time at the gym / wing chung / pillates
but at the end of the class I always hang around for a minute or
two, feeling embarassed, and then leave without talking to
anyone.  So - I guess that I do things that should lead to
conversations, but I just never quite manage it.  Strangely, I
have 'friends' from University who I speak to less than once a
year (and always when they make contact with me) but who I just
don't think about when they aren't there. As soon as they leave
the conversation I just stop