Heey I heear you girl ! I used to be like that (: But as I got older I
just started getting REALLY bold . I mean  , if I'm dared I'll go up to
a random person's table at a restaurant and converse with them !

It
takes time &  I know you probaaably won't like this , but it takes
EFFORT too ! Break out of that shell ! I'm sure you're very pretty , and
obviously smart . 

I was a 12 year old Freshman too ! Heey we have some stuff in common ! 

Well
all I can tell you is DON'T be content to be socially dead . It's NO
fun . Get out on that dance floor and make a complete fool of yourself ,
and trussst me , people will notice . & If you're afraid they'll
make fun of you , I betcha someone will get out there & dance with you
! 

I'm sure you want friends . And I'm SURE you have more than 1.5 friends . 

Girl , don't say you don't fit in . Because I mean , I'm white and EVERYONE I KNOW ( well almost ) is Mexican . With dark hair and dark skin . And I have red hair and tan skin . But you knoooow what ? I fit in perfectly ! ( Well I am half anyway ) Who woulda thought some halfa would fit in with some Mexicans ? ( Lol , just kidding . Most of my friends don't even speak Spanish xD ) . Ha well you probably are bored with my life already , but you got my point . Find people to fit in with . Who knows . Maybe the girl you ALWAYS pass in the hall is like exactly the same as you in aaa lot of ways !

See , you never know . Branch out , kid . Don't be un-social . It's NO fun , and take it from me , you'll start doing crazy stuff because you're lonely . And if not that , as soon as a boy gives you attention , he's got your heart forever ( take it from me .. experience ) . And truuust me , you don't want that if he's a playaaa .

Lol I'm sorry ! That was a loong lecture ! Well , hope my advice helps you a bit .  Aha .

Top!!

Amen Kalyna, you are not alone! Welcome to my world! I've got about two friends. That's it. I DON'T do well in society. Average people my age just don't get me, and think I'm perfectly crazy, and normally just ignore me in basic converstations. I am weird, though only my two friends know it. And crazy (which everyone knows), but I'm the quiet nuts, so I kind of wig people out. Or people just tell me I'm annoying. So yeah, I'm on the outskirts of social acceptance as well. But as Vida said, don't let it bother you. It's why I joined the Chatterbox! People like me, who accept me (OH MY GOSH, I nearly fainted when I was so readily accepted!), like and listen to what I have to say (this used to be an upmost rarity for me), and even are like me (never, ever, had this happened).

But honestly, the CB has helped make me more socially outgoing! I'm not really still, but it's helped knowing there are people out there like me, and that however embarrased I am by someone's reaction to me, or how much fun people make of me, there are still people here who care, and sympathize with me. So thank you CBers! And thanks Admins for making it possible!

You all bring smiles to our faces every day! We're glad we can help you connect with each other.

Admin

I'm definitely not a social butterfly. I don't strike up conversations well with other people in my school besides my main 3 friends. I'm only talkative with them and my family. Otherwise, I'm just friendly with people and I feel like Luna Lovegood. @ BHR, I feel ya! I go on here and Pottermore to talk with other writers and readers I can actually talk to without feeling a bit weird :D I mean, I'm not really anti-social, but I'm sorta in the middle since I don't like talking much. The CB is where I can talk freely and happily, and on Pottermore I talk to my fellow Ravenclaws. You guys are awesome! Thanks! :)

Thank you so much, Kalyna! I feel you so much. I have exactly 1 friend. No more, no less. I'm just shy. Very shy. And I don't want to talk to people. All I want to do is live in my own world, and I think I'll do that. :)

@ Vida

Thanks. It's not like if you meet me, you think, "Wow, how unsocial" or anything. I just don't like going in public or starting up conversations. I might seem like an immature loser online, but I'm really mature IRL. I "rise magnificently to the occasion" when I need to. B and E are my only friends that I like to be around every time I see them. There was another E (not the E I've mentioned) that I used to be friends with, but she couldn't handle me in my "political and/or religious rants" and therefore I hang around B when I see her.

I have one friend. She's my best friend and I've known her pratically since i was born. Well, since I was two-and-a-half and she was born. And that's it. Not even online do I have anymore friends. Well, I have you guys!!!

The people I try talking to to try to make friends with me end up thinking I'm crazy and weird. Or just plain annoying. Because I am. And I don't mind it that way, in fact I'm proud of my annoyance skils. It means I can get into cat fights with my siblings more often!!  My best friend is just as weird as me. She has lot of other friends, though. Hm.

Anyway, you guys are the only real people I have met who I can relate to so completely! And I like that! We are all like a bunch of crazy, unruly, annoying siblings. Trust me, I know what it's like.

I have never been to a dance. I'm sure I ever will. But if I was at one, I'd sit in the corner and read. And read. And read. Until it was over.

So, really I am grateful to have ya'll. Without you guys, I'd be friendless.

I do have friends.  I do performing arts, so I have a lot of friends through that who do band, chorus, or act.  I also have plenty of friends outside of that from my classes.  However, while some people spend a lot of time with their friends, I tend to just see them in school and maybe go to a school event once in a while.  At the Halloween dance, I'm always dancing with my friends.  Most of the time, though, I like to just sit at home and read or surf the internet.  I don't plan much stuff with my friends; normally they plan it and I tag along.  I prefer books and food to people sometimes, and I'm fine with that. I'm definitely an introvert.  Making friends is a long process for me.  Sometimes, I zone out when I'm doing something with my friends and just think.  I don't have a boyfriend (Blu, if you mention anything concerning this sentence I will eat all the Halloween candy you get).   I don't really have best friends at school; my sister, cousin, and friend who's even younger than my sister are my best friends. Honestly, I'm fine the way I am. I'm a seriously introverted, sometimes-awkward person and I love that.

I'm in the awkward position of people not having an opinion on me.  They just classify me as the smart one and are annoying as necessary to me after that.  I kind of like only having a couple friends.  Then I don't have to deal with fitting in and all that.

I'm really good at reading social cues and feigning happiness, which is why people can stand to be around me for more than five minutes. I'm always paranoid that my friends secretly hate me, and when I actually say that, they get mad. So I don't have many friends because I'm too paranoid, depressed, etc. for normal people. Also my friends don't let me talk about what makes me happy (i.e. John Green books, Doctor Who, Nerdfighteria) but there's nothing I can do about that because I'm not good at making friends

I'm far from unsocial, such the social butterfly I am!

I have a lot of friends, like the popular and mostly I'm with the fangirls, crazy insane freaks, performing arts freaks, and that whole group, we're all the same! Except for a quiet one and an annoying one who is OBSESSED with My Little Pony. But she is nice.

So ya, I'm popular but nerdy. It's weird how crazy I am but im still popular. AND I'm a flirt, so i have a good amount of guy friends. Even if i'm not flirting, I do have a guy friends. And before anyone starts saying I'm too young to flirt, I've been boy crazy forever. And it just naturally happens, legitly. I don't know how to stop it!

BYE! 

I first want to say that I really appreciate the Chatterbox for being my "social outlet," more or less. I'm homeschooled, so I don't get to meet many people in the first place, and in the second, I'm naturally retiring, so you won't find me striking up a conversation with just anyone.

And therefore I am a bit of a misfit, because when I went to an acting camp the summer before last, I was considered a misfit because I didn't dress trendy, hadn't seen Twilight, and felt like I was from the moon when three girls struck up a song I'd never heard of—right in front of me, and they knew I'd never heard it!

So I am very grateful to the CBers and the CB itself to draw me out of my shell—and actually talk about books/music/films I know!