Why do I attract such boring people?

I've never had many friends in my life since I have crippling social anxiety. I have maybe 3 friends who have almost nothing in common with me.

First, there's my 50 year old co-worker who always insists on getting together every week. I don't mind doing that. I know she's lonely, but she literally doesn't talk about anything except knitting, cleaning her house, cooking, the weather and her medical problems. We talk every day at work so by the time we get together to chat, I run out of things to talk about.

Then my other two friends, who are around my age always want to hang out every other day, but they don't want to do anything except sit around and talk or watch sports. I'm not into sports and just sitting around talking is extremely boring for me. I always run out of things to say and we just end up sitting around with awkward silence. Neither one is interested in anime or video games. I have suggested to go out to a restaurant or the movies, but neither has money to spend.

I can't figure out why I keep attracting these kind of people. I don't consider myself a boring person. I have many interests such as anime, video games, movies, amusement parks, hiking, traveling, etc. I even joined a club where I could meet people with similar interests, but unfortunately none of those people wanted anything to do with me. The only friends I was able to make from the club were the two mentioned above. I just wish I could find friends that like to do fun things.

Submitted January 31, 2017 at 05:53PM by Bob_Ate_It http://ift.tt/2jSKaIN