Monday, July 6, 2009

Socially disabled... or just too weird

So I just finished calling just about everyone in my phone and failed to get my sociability on. Most of them were already busy. Senor Evergreen feels like chilling at home, which is fine, but there was something else he said that bugged me. He said it seemed like the last couple times we've hung out, we didn't really do anything.

That's not completely fair - the last time we hung out, we played disc golf and then helped his friend move. But it does touch on something that's been bothering me in general, and Senor Evergreen is just the first person besides myself to say it out loud: I feel like a boring person to be around. I never have ideas for activities. I spend so much of my social time going "I dunno, what do you want to do?"

Yet I feel kind of helpless to do anything about it. My budget it too tight to go check out new things if they cost money, and I'm not going to school or work or anything in the day that exposes me to new people who might introduce me to new activities. And I'm not intrinsically boring, I just don't know how to make the things I enjoy on my own - like running, reading, and geeking over chemistry - social. Or maybe I'm just not objectively that compatible with my friends in Portland, because come to think of it, Dancing Physicist and I shared all three of those activities (replace chemistry with science of all kinds). Heck, Fidelity likes those things too - I just haven't gotten to see her yet because she's been busy.

It's sad to think that I don't actually have important things in common with my friends, especially when I really really like their personalities. But it's almost like a replay of what happened with LS, then Knee-Man, though thankfully I'm not dating anyone right now that I'm suddenly feeling alienated from. I could even say the same about the people I "dated" in 8th and 9th grade. Eventually, personality or one initial bond isn't enough. You need things to talk about or do together that you're both into and that don't "run out."

Oy. This is something to really think about, isn't it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You could always try a running club. I'm sure there are some around Portland. There's usually a few different levels of runners and they often don't care if you join the club...
rbs