Hey Drake
Great to see you here again!
Don't worry about the school thing. I have had the same problem everywhere I go. Some people just seem to hit it off well together with everyone, while others are better to be alone or have one or two close friends. It is nothing against you, it just takes time. My advice would be to find a couple of other people (or even just one) that is in the same boat as you are (being excluded or not fully included) and talk with them, invite them out, whatever...as the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Once you have one or two better friends the shyness goes away and you can start to hang out with more people, b/c then you are not worrying b/c you at least have someone to talk to if everyone else ignores you.
At my work right now, I am kind of new and a few 'groups' of younger people have already formed, so I never felt right going along with them to do things, but then a new girl started and she was in the same predicament, so I made friends with her and now
we go to things together (bar, parties, lunches) and we both feel a little more 'included'
It will work out for you, just give it time...and until then, you always have us on the forum
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