I barley have any friends, what am I doing wrong?

[Claire]

It just hit me that I don't have friends to celebrate my 18th birthday with this summer. I have two close friends but they're like me and the rest of my friends are just people I know which aren't that many.. I've been with my classmates for a year, they are ten people and I only speak with two of them. I don't say a word to people. On my last birthday I started crying because I only received two happy birthdays and that was it. No one adds me on facebook either, I have 47 friends. Help me I don't know what I'm doing wrong? I'm very shy and I don't see why people would want to hang with me..

[Diego]

Forgive me, but shouldn't birthdays be celebrated with family members? why would you want to celebrate your birthday with strangers? even if they're friends, they're still strangers... You should celebrate your birthday with your parents or siblings or aunts or uncles or grandparents...

God bless you

[Kevvy Talks]

You don't have many friends because you're not putting forth a lot of effort to communicate with people. You can't start crying and feeling sorry for yourself if you don't at least try to help yourself. Take part in activities and become more proactive. If you try to get friends on Facebook, then you aren't actually connecting with anyone. People on the internet don't know the real you. They know you from what they see on your profile, which is just a general outline of who you are.

It has nothing to do with what you are doing wrong, it's what you aren't doing. You should be glad to have friends you know well, because they are the ones that matter. If you want to simply surround yourself with people who don't understand you, then that is a recipe for a lonely life. Those are the kind of people who won't remember things like your birthday. Two friends are better than no friends at all.

[spliff]

Having two close friends is great! everyone in life needs at least one close friend and you are lucky enough to have two. As for the other friends, Try inviting them in person to a "small gathering" for your birthday. That's all you need, As for a celebration, Celebrate with family, that's what most everyone does. Happy Birthday!