Loners

I'm a high school student at the the moment. Last year when i went to a high school where none of my primary school classmates had gone to, i was basically a loner. Back in primary school, i had around 9 friends and quite a few acquaintances. Here in this school, i had nothing of the sort. I realised that it was actually quite calming to be alone and more relaxing then being with my friends. The problem was that since i was basically the only person without any friends and no one had really seen me talking to anyone, people started to come up and talk to me, and i felt annoyed, like they were intruding my own world. It was then that i realised that i was suited to being a "loner". When i realised this, i started to spend more ample amounts of time alone, and i really enjoyed it. But the problem with being seen as a loner to other people in society (or in this case, school), is that people will pay attention to you, look down on you and treat you like you are some pathetic kid who failed to make any friends because his social skills suck. If i was born a bear, i could live my life in solitude, causing no trouble and receiving no trouble from anyone else, i would also get to hibernate in the winter, oh how i envy the bear. In any case, getting back to the story, because of the situation i was in, i had no choice but to start trying to find friends so that i could be alone once again. The only problem with that plan is that, i would have to spend the alone time i earned with my friends. I wouldn't necessarily see that as a bad thing, but i would have to make friends with people i would really consider to be my "friends" rather than people i dislike spending time with. I don't have many common interests as so-called "normal people" do, and my standards for a "real" friend are quite high, so i would have trouble with this. I'll spare you the details and just say that I DID NOT ENJOY THAT SCHOOL YEAR! Fortunately, i transferred to the school that most of my primary school friends were in. I'm now currently half-way through that year, and i can say that while i may not get as much alone time as i would have preferred to get, i'm still happy being able to spend time with people that i can really call my friends. That's my answer.