My Roommate Has Social Issues

bodangles
Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:23:51 +0000

People should be happy that I actually care

Basically, you want a medal for caring about a family friend. That’s not real compassion or generosity.

If you really, truly just want to be nice, you can invite him places with you sometimes. That’s all. Tracking his social progress is not your responsibility. Hovering over him until he makes friends is not your responsibility. Be there for him as SUPPORT, not a driving force.

And a word to the wise: if you pressure people who don’t party/drink to party/drink, they’re going to think you’re obnoxious. I’m of age and still don’t really care to drink, yet someone I know keeps begging me to go to bars. It’s freaking annoying. To you it might look like encouraging the poor, shy introvert to go have some fun for once. To me it looks like constantly badgering me to do something I have no interest in doing.