Feel like no one likes me at times.

[MikeW]

Why do I feel like people don't like me?

Rang my mum today, she just doesn't seem to be interested in anything I say. I try ringing one of my closest friends and he doesn't answer the phone. This has been going on for months, years even.

It's my mates birthday this weekend, we used to go for a meal every year till 4 years ago now he doesn't really want to do anything with me any more. I know it's my disability that is causing the issue as they places he likes to eat have stairs and aren't disabled friendly. We don't go to cinema due to the same problem. So when times are like this he disappears and when he is about makes excuses why he can't do anything.

I'm getting bored of waiting for others to do things with me.

I tried to arrange a family meal for my birthday, no one seemed interested even though it was my 30th. They said they didn't do anything for their 30th so they didn't seem the point to do anything with me. Lovely attude indeed.

Starting to feel like no one wants anything do with me.

For me it is kind of the other way around: The older I get, the less I want to have anything to do with other people. I've always been a bit of a hermit but I've become increasingly so the older I've gotten. Once in a great while I find myself feeling lonely, but it is rare.

So far as whether or not people like you... I wouldn't know. I can "like" someone well enough and STILL not want to spend much time with them. Point being, has nothing to do with them, and everything to do with me.

in your case, I wonder what it is you're putting into this pot? My experience is, people *want* to be around you so long as they feel they're getting something out of it for themselves. If they don't -- if they feel it is 'costing' them in some way? Not so much.

But I confess, my whole perception of all this "lets pretend like we like one another" business is rather distorted.