How is your social life?
my friends and I don't really like going out. so we just spend time in each other's dorms. and none of us use any social networking site. we just talk, text, or call...and occasionally IM. you shouldn't have to rely solely on websites for your friendships.
I have no social life?
Your second paragraph leads me to believe that you might have Aspergers or some other kind of mild autism (or perhaps just social anxiety). I have a brother who used to tell me the same thing-- he was extraordinarily socially awkward in high school and overanalyzed every interaction he had with other people, but he was extremely smart (he went on to be an architect), likable and friendly, too. He had a mild form of autism that he eventually learned to deal with by practicing social cues and putting himself into new social situations (he joined a drama club, like you, and started going to poker nights and bible studies and all sorts of things). Eventually, in college, he made several close friends who were on par with him intellectually and understood how to relate to him. It just takes time! Don't try too hard to be friends with people unnaturally. If you're a friendly person, a genuine person, and an interesting person, other people will be drawn to you naturally. I bet you'll find this to be the case as you get older and go to college-- social dynamics just take time to master. Good luck!
Teachers: Do you have much of a social life?
There are many teachers who have a thriving social life. I used to be one of them. (that's a joke!;-) Seriously... It is not true that teachers do not have friends. Regarding the subject of friends: For the friendship to be meaningful and rewarding, it is the quality of friendship that matters, not the number of friends. If you were to be a salesman or a politician, then the number of friends is more important that the depth of friendship. However, I have noticed that salesmen and politicians rarely have deep lasting friendships, and so, become increasingly more lonely and disenchanted with life through the years. As a teacher, I not only developed trusted friends and life long meaningful friendships with intelligent, educated, honorable people, I now have the pleasure of seeing many students succeed in life. They not only think of me as a friend, they still write, e-mail or give credit to me in conversations. More than once, my ex-students have given credit to me in written interviews, speeches or essays. I started teaching at 24, which was over three decades ago. I had a good number of friends, lots of fun experiences including travel, exploration, research, and some VERY memorable parties. However, the best thing was not the number of friends or the superficial ephemeral entertainment of parties. The most profoundly rewarding friendships came partly from my career as a teacher. I learned things, experienced things, and developed lasting friendships with fellow teachers and students alike. So, I guess to answer your question simply; YES, teachers have friends. Depending on your idea of friendship, those friends can be numerous or they can be profound. That's true in teaching and any other career where the job is inherently meaningful.
Is it ever too late to get a social life?
It's never too late to have a social life. The best thing you can do is talk to different people that you work with etc and see who has similar interests as you. Then you will have something in common with and will start finding it easier to talk to more and more people. Once you break the ice for the first friend then it will get easier. I have many friends that have had the same fear of meeting new people. Just be yourself and surely then you will find great people to become friends with.
I have NO social life.. 16 years old?
Not having a social life isn't a bad thing. At fifteen I dropped out of High School and began an online school at home because I was hanging around with the wrong people. I completely killed all ties with friends and for 3 years I had no social life to speak of. Slowly however I learned that the people I truly wanted to be around were those that were supporting of me, not the ones pressuring me to do things I wasn't comfortable doing. I started volunteering where you meet a lot of good people your age, and of all ages, who all have something good to offer. From there I met more and more people who instead of making my life worse, made it much better. Find a small church, animal shelter or group that does something and see if they need help. The people there are all nice, and many are very shy, but they will build your self esteem up like no one else will. And helping others will boost you up too. Learn to be happy by yourself too. I prefer to be alone a lot of the time and I know being alone is much better then being surrounded by those who are negative influences. The best of luck to you, just try not to be too hard on yourself, most of us have been where you are right now :)
How do introverts have a social life?
I am an introvert.My definition of SOCIETY is confined to family, and a really close knit group of friends. Within this little clique, I am an entirely different person.My crazy quirks, my boring rants, my overdramatic tears, these people have seen my everything.Oh yes! Us introverts can also be quirky! We can also be dramatic!We do have night-outs. Us introverts do drink above what we can hold. When drunk, we are twice as hilarious as any other. We can bear being around people. Just because I'm not on the dance floor, but watching a movie at home doesn't meanI'm uncomfortable around people. I just don't want to talk much.I can't have a good time. Our definitions of fun are different. Let's agree to disagree.I'm dumb. You do realise that my silence is more dangerous than my speech, right? I'm judging you as you speak.We're (going to be) underachievers. We have our things figured out.We are shy. See me in my home turf, you'll know.We live with our head in books. Well, that's not a lie. At least, not in my case. What? I love my books better than any other thing, OK?We are going to end up as crazy cat ladies. We love as passionately as any other. We don't talk about our love, we merely show it.But all this is misconceptions become absolutely true in one case:THE GREAT INDIAN WEDDING!Here, we are forced into talking with your great aunt's third cousin's neighbour's third son's dog's caretaker.If it's your own reception, a whole week shall be set aside for R&R. (Again, at least so in my case. Not sure about the majority)But that aside, we're happy introverting!~BD ©~
Why won't my parents let me have a social life?
Your parents just want the best for you and they want you to be safe. If this is about safety, then tell them that although there are bad people, over 99% of people would NEVER THINK of harming you. I'm a guy who has wandered through the bad part of town alone at 1:30 a.m. many times and was ok (I'm not saying you should). My parents didn't let me sleep over when I was younger because they wanted to meet my friend's parents first. Maybe you should ask to go over to your friend's house and have your parents meet with your friend's parents. Later, they were perfectly ok with me sleeping over and seeing friends. Also tell them that a social life is just as important as family life. Without experience in your social life, you will be less successful in the real world. Also, being shut in the house all the time can lead to depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental issues. Your family cares about you, and based on what you said, I would reccommend having more family time like family game night (I played Monopoly, Risk, Uno, Trivial Pursuit, etc. with my family), or just go somewhere fun together. My family was always busy, but we still managed to have family time together. Also, having friends over is good, and you can develop a close relationship with your friends (My family was even close to my friends). Even though I got to see my friends all the time, my family was always, and still is, the closest relationship I have. As for your younger sister, you can play hide n seek, color/draw, listen to music and dance, watch cartoons, and if it's ok with your parents, build a pillow fort, that's what my brothers and I did haha! If you are ok with it, then go ahead and show my answer to your parents. If not, then take my advice and inform them. If they wonder why trust me and my answer; I have been through a similar situation. I'm not an expert in this, but I study Criminology/Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Psychology. You don't want your childhood to go to waste, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, literally!
How do you define having a social life?
How I define this is possibly not the way others might.I'm extremely introverted. I am not neuro-typical. I also have anxiety.That said, I define having a social life as interacting meaningfully with people I care about and who mutually care about me. I have absolutely no problem being alone - I rather like it. I also don't want to spend time in idle chit-chat with people who don't care about me.Most people think they have quite a social life and go out all the time to loud public places and meet and hang out with people who likely only care about having someone to also do these things with. If one suffers any sort of personal crisis, these people will be nowhere to be found. Conversation is also not to be had. Deep topical analysis - what's that(?) thinking makes my head hurt….I hang out with smallish groups of folks as a preference: this way the conversation is much more enjoyable. Game night is a fun thing, with one or more other people. Sometimes I'll play games online against my friends. There is a chat feature in most of these for smack talk - SMS is my first choice, however. Keeping in touch with my friends through social media, SMS and the phone also constitutes my social life. Not all the people I care about live nearby - or even on the same continent.Do I ever go out to a club? No, I never have and likely never will.Do I have a satisfying and robust social life? Absolutely.Do I sometimes decline invitations because the party seems to be a bit too much? Sure.Have I still gone to some pretty big parties and had a blast? Yes.So, this is how I define having a social life. And I consider myself truly lucky that I have so many people to call friend; and I'm sure these people will be the type to show up in a crisis, as well as be there for the fun times too.