Is it normal that i've never had a true friend

I feel the same way inside. I have a girlfriend and she means everything to me but i don't have a true best friend. My gf has lots of close friends and I get jealous of that. I had some in the past but they never lasted long, I hardly talk to the friends I have

It's the same for me too. Sucks but hopefully one day we will find a good one. Good luck.

Who cares? Why do people "need" friends? I'm happy with not having to deal with people always trying to hang out with me or telling me their drama and bs. People in the end will just betray you or lie to your face. So don't bother.

Hopefully for you a partner will be your best friend and kids will be your family who will never leave. you sound nice

yup same with me lots of "friends" no best friend

It’s normal. The vast majority of ‘friendships’ aren’t worth the paper they are written on.

Idk if its normal but same all my friends leave me when im dealing with something really rough and the only ones that didnt treat me like shit and have put me in several depressive episodes and thats when they actually spend time with me most of the time they ignore me

I'll be your friend i dont think we'd have anything in common and im sure id fuck it up like all my other friendships but if you want we can i dont try to treat my friends bad i try to be as good a friend as possible but i screw up somewhere along the way

I can't say if that is normal or not... but I can say that you pretty much described my social life word for word. I don't know if its normal, but I guess I can do the cliched thing and tell you there are at least other people out there who are going through the same thing so you aren't alone. In fact, your story was so similar to mine that it made me create an account just to make this comment.

Lately, I found myself fearing social situations a lot more because I am afraid to make another friend and then lose them all over again. It also doesn't help that I am traveling across the country for school so I am never with a group of people year-round. And yeah, there is social media but I feel so anxious whenever I use it that I usually just don't post anything or message anyone because I am afraid that I might bother someone.

And I never really had a friend that I could talk with. Just people who I pretended to be happy for. Because something deep down inside of me knew that if I told people what I was really feeling, they would all try to avoid me... and to me, having people around and pretending to be happy was better than being honest and having to deal with the crushing void of loneliness.

I don't know if you have reached this point yet, but as you can see, I have gotten quite cynical about friends. To me, friends will be there as long as you benefit them... all my experience has shown that they will abandon you as soon as you need help no matter how much you helped them in the past. I wish I didn't think this way, but I can't help it anymore....

I don't know how, but avoid becoming this cynical at all costs.... it will only make you a thousand times more miserable.

Me too, I had no one to hang out with this summer. I just stayed inside for the past 3 months. :( my 'best friend' apparently used me and found slutty girls to hang out with because she wants to be a slut. I'm shy also and don't make friends easily. I guess it's all down to what type of friends you've have. I mean really, before you become all close to someone you should learn some things about them. Find out if you have a lot in common. Find out the people she/he are friends with atm. I personally hate school with my soul. Can't wait to get out of the place. All it is to me is a bullying torture place where I feel alone . But I guess it doesn't really affect me I mean, I only want to focus on my learning for college and then I can make friends. Because we all have so much time then to have fun and party and do what you like..

Story of my school-age life.

aww thats so sweet 'annonymous9001'. i don't really get many offers like that lol