Dude why is it so hard to make friends?
yo so I'm a freshman and I literally moved in a week early and tried to meet people as they were coming in, roomed in Jester cuz I knew it was the most social dorm, and have tried to do as much as I could early on to meet new people, and one of the big reasons I chose UT was because I'd heard there was always something going on and also cuz I wanted to start fresh after high school. However, even though I go out of my way to talk to people and make myself look approachable, I've hardly made any real friendships and never have anyone to go out with, regardless of whether it's a party, a school event or anything. I've been researching some spirit orgs or ways to put myself out there even more next semester, but in the meantime I have no one to do anything with and it hurts to see everyone else be in their friend group or have plans for the weekend or just seeing anyone get invited to anything, in general, cuz no one invites me. That also happened in high school, where I knew a buncha people but no one would ever invite me to anything even though I woulda been so down to go anywhere, and i didn't actually form a friend group with anyone until my senior year. I also know my roommate since hs sophomore year, but he's pretty introverted, so he never wants to go out and do anything, which I guess I shoulda considered before I moved in cuz I'd say I'm pretty outgoing, but it is what it is. Anyways, just had to put this out there and see what ppl gotta say about this.