Hi everyone,

Just recently, my boyfriend and I moved near the Cleveland, OH area. He has some family in the area, and had a paid internship here last year, so he has some friends from work.

On the other hand, I have no family here. I just started working, so I have no friends either. I have a really hard time going out and starting conversations with strangers. I can never find the confidence in myself to convince myself I'm being crazy when I feel like any stranger I talk to is judging me and wants me to leave them alone. In the past, I've begun of my IRL friendships over the internet, through mutual friends on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Like I said though, that's not really an option because I don't have any friends or family here at all. Someone had also recommended Bumble BFF to me, which I tried, but was not too successful with.

Does anyone have any suggestions on things I can do to attempt to make friends? Or does anyone live in the area and wanna be friends? 🙃