I can sympathise with the original poster of this thread there are times when i feel that i will never understand others. However i also know that i do understand a lot about people too. I do not think it perhaps other people so much as me and my past experince and expectaions that make friendships hard to make. I have a painful personal history that makes me very sensitive to rejection ect. I have however made 1 friend this friendship has not been a bed of roses and i dont expect it ever will be either. People are a big risk and that is the hardest thing for me.