I thought making friends would be hard my first year of college, but now I’m a junior and I’m thinking… what is going on here?! At orientation 3 years ago, I met some really nice people and we exchanged contact info. None of them talked to me again. I met this one girl my first semester, and we talked and laughed all in class. We never spoke after the semester ended. I keep meeting awesome people who are fun to talk with and we seem to get along, but whenever we swap contact info and I try to get in touch with them later, they don’t ever respond.
I’ve tried asking people to lunch, but they seem to ignore that. I’ve been to events and even joined a club, but nothing. I was always under the impression that when you met someone who seemed cool that you hit it off with, you’d exchange some sort of contact info so you could keep in touch and hang out again. Is this just too outdated? It seems like even texting has become obsolete.
What am I doing wrong? Maybe I’m just a horrible jerk? True, I don’t use social media, for the following reasons: a) It was distracting me away from my studies, b) There was too much drama and stress, and c) I didn’t really know most of the people anyway. If social media is so pervasive that it’s the only way people my age will communicate, to the point that they won’t even meet up in real life, then that’s just absolutely ridiculous and I’ll just give up.