I'm Getting Rejected or Ignored no Matter What I Do
For the last several years and, especially intensely over the last few months, I seem to be getting rejected or ignored in all social interactions. I ask my friends if they want to do something and I get no response, or they love the idea -- but collectively move it to a different day when I won't be available.
I join a VC on Discord, nobody lets me talk, then they go "You're being quiet".
I go out to dinner with a different group of friends and every time I start to say something I get interrupted and talked over.
I go to a singles' night or networking event, people form circles of conversation that exclude me and nobody is willing to talk to me. I was at a holiday party with like, 300 people, last year and at several points I was the only person without a conversation partner.
I just don't get it. I'm 37 and I never had these problems until a few years ago. Except for networking, but I think most people find that to be awkward. I'm putting the effort in, I'm polite, I shower. I'm not autistic that I know of and think I do a good job of reading social cues. #relationships source