Happy New Year Everyone! Hope 2019 brings more happiness and opportunity.
intjloop
I feel like a giant setback in my social life is fueled by the fact that I’m not a “girl’s girl”. Anytime I meet another woman and we try to be friends, there’s so many underlying expectations that I can’t fulfill. The romantic issues, the emotional issues, gossip,etc - I just have very little capacity for any of it? I mean, I can barely call a guy “cute” without extreme discomfort. I always try, but it’s very obvious that I’m not up to par. I know there’s so much female stereotyping in this and there’s obviously more to female friendship than, but this tends to be my initial surface level interaction in my attempt to be friends. Some people can get past this with me and we relate on other levels, but I feel like the above is the easiest way to initiate connection, and I just don’t have it.