I've always had issues maintaining long term friendships. I was always the quiet kid that kept to themselves so I never would initiate anything, even though its extremely easy for me to get along with people. After highschool I lost most of my friends. I just never made it a point to keep in touch and now that I'm in my mid twenties I feel pretty lonely. I work with all older people and my girlfriend is a social butterfly. I enjoy her friends but I forget that sometimes space is good too and I hate that she feels bad when I'm home alone.  I need to stop being dependent. I'm sick of feeling like my existence is wasted. How do you guys make friends in real life?