Maybe you should lower your standards.

[To stop disappointing the people that disappoint you. Still dodging the friend confirmation thing, because he's...not sure he can deal with that right now.]

If you must know, I had a friend-ish conversation with somebody the day I was looking for hope help! And there's a girl and her dog that like me, I'm pretty sure. I like the dog, anyway, and the girl's fine. Back home I have lots of friends. [Compared to here and when he was a kid.]