Is it normal to have almost no friends?
Is it normal that I have barely any friends? Hardly anyone at my school liked me very much, and the ones that did like me were only nice to me because they knew I was really shy and were just sorry for me. Eventually in school I did make a couple of good friends, but when I went to university we grew apart, so I stopped seeing them. I kept in contact with one of them, but only on Facebook, and even now we rarely speak, so it's hard to call it a friendship anymore, we're like acquaintances again.
My reason for having almost no friends is because as I said, I'm shy and insecure, mainly because I'm still a kid inside and enjoy many animated movies and video games for kids, hell I even watch some of my childhood shows, and I've never met another soul who does the same. I wouldn't dare tell anyone my age that I still play Pokemon for example, because I wouldn't want to be judged and ridiculed for it. If I told someone that, it would give off the impression that I still act like a kid or that I'm mentally ill or something.
Trust me, I've never met a single person my age in real life (apart from my own brother, but he doesn't count) who likes Pixar movies or Ratchet and Clank. Pretty much every one of my peers in school and university enjoyed the usual stereotypical teen and young adult things - violent video games, drinking, clubbing, dating/sex, horror movies, black comedy movies, putting selfies on Facebook etc. None of this interests me, so I could never once become friends with 99.9% of the people I met at school/university.
Online though, there are millions upon millions of people my age that have nerdy interests and loads of friends at the same time. I just can't find any of them in real life. It's a massive shame. Is this normal and can anyone else relate? I'm almost friendless, it really sucks. Maybe I'm just unlucky that I haven't found anyone like me. I'm totally unlike anyone else I know. I'm actually terrified that I might be a virgin for a very long time.