I hear you Melanie! I've learnt that I'm quite happy without a partner now. sounds depressing maybe, but not to me. Naturally our focus is our kids. There are other types of 'relationships ' that can work better Melanie. I can vouche for that!

I don't want to attend social events because of my forgetfulness. I'm better off at home for safety reasons aswell. my memory is so bad that i don't usually remember the events that happend last night.

Hello, Mr Shy... I used to be shy all my life up until I had to go out and get a job in order to get my kid's back home. I was only trying to do the right thing and keep my family together. My second husband ended up with my 16 year old daughter and they both were against me and they ended up together and well no matter what I said the state took my son because my daughter lied to protect my wonderful husband. Now, my wonderful daughter I found out still insists on lieing yet and my son believes her over me because he was 9 years younger than her. I could never get my parents to watch my kid's so I had to have my daughter watch him while I worked to make a living. All along I'd just found out she has been lieing yet, she tells my step dad. He told me so many stories even I find it hard to believe. Well... Since she told me she had taken at least 6 of her husbands wallets I believe those stories. She even took my dad's. So now of course my son and I are not close anymore. Getting back to working... I used to work for marketing and that took my shyness away after a while. I had no choise I wanted my kid's back home my 1st hubby died. I never had any help from my wonderful family. Get around more people, but.. You need to be very careful because there are so many dishonest people. I found out the hard way there isn't very many I can really trust. God bless

Im having the same problem rn, my friends circle's got much smaller lately thanks to another depression downhill episode, also even on ocassions when we do go out I don't really meet new ppl. Ive tried using some dating apps that let you try them for free at first, and also some of the apps where you can connect with ppl based on shared interests (for instance, I love music and this site, tastebuds, kinda shows you ppl who share the same music taste), I usually try to initiate conversations about something I have in common with those ppl I find there if I find them interesting enough, but so far nothing's came out of it yet.

My son has asperger syndrome. He uses social media to meet people. He joins online groups with people that have similar interests. Example: he enjoys writing stories so he finds groups with others who like writing. He has made a lot of connections with people. He's 21 and doesn't drink or go to clubs. He's not interested in meeting people at your typical social gathering.