topics since I'm not particularly familiar with most aspects of modern life that people usually talk about. I'm also really bad with humour; for example, a lot of the stuff I've written in this post to be 'humorous' could probably come across as depressive or passive-aggressive. Throughout my school and college days, I just studied. Other than at break-times, I did very little socialising; once every month or so, I went to the town centre with a couple of friends, had a meal, did some shopping and then went home. That was it as far as my social life went. I've never had a partner; I've had a few offers from members of both genders and turned them down because I've never felt any need to take my relationship with another person any further than friendship (I should probably add that to the list as well...). I never bothered to learn anything non-academic, since until about a year or two ago the academic world was the only world I knew really, and I've missed out on so much that I should've learned by now that, at this point, I feel like I am really inexperienced at being a 'regular human being' and there's very little I can do about it. I've already been told to 'just be yourself', but I feel like being me is going to limit my potential to make friends and be sociable in this environment. I know that there are plenty of people at university that