Friending people on facebook with low amount of friends? (Help)?

[Richard]

I am creating my facebook account right now, and i really do not have many people at all that i can add right off the bat. As i go looking for people i do sort of know, i do not want to send them a request and have them see that i only have like 10 friends on facebook. I feel that they would probably laugh and think of me as an awkward unsociable person. In other words i feel that i would be making them feel as if he/she is one of the few people i actually know. Is this true? If so how can i make some facebook friends without posting to one of those add me groups?
No, i used to play a lot of multiplayer games, but not anymore and i do realize that was a great way to friend people, but now i don't play multiplayer video games anymore.