Lonely Boy: How to Make Friends in College

One of the scariest things about deciding to go back to school was the thought that I might end up the oldest person in my classes, have no one to talk to, and have to sit by myself all the time going days without speaking to another human being. Don't even laugh. I was fully prepared to spend 2 years as the cranky old lady sitting at the back of class and by herself in the cafeteria. After all, I'd had my chance to make friends the first time around.

Except that I sucked at making friends during my first degree. I was way younger than everyone else, super shy, and oh so painfully awkward. I was one of only a few people from my graduating class who went to my college and my BFF wasn't one of them. I was 17 so I couldn't drink. I didn't even know where to start when it came to talking to people.

So when I read the posts on the MacEwan Confessions Facebook page about being saddies about not having any friends, lemme tell ya, I can relate.

My worst fears were proved wrong though, because I've been blessed (ugh, that word) with getting to know some pretty awesome people in my program who I gladly call my friends. Here's how I did it: