I am an 18-year-old male, and a freshman in college. I have friends, and I can make new friends fairly easily. However, I never want to make close friends with anybody.

It always seems to me that we're too different, and I just can't get any closer to them. There is nobody around that thinks along the same lines as I, or even somebody that shares my aesthetic tastes. I know it's selfish and immature to want a friend who is just like me, but I can't help feeling lonely sometimes. Is it really too much to ask to find somebody that I can be comfortable with, somebody who I can relax and talk about anything with? I have a girlfriend, but even though we are intimate, we hardly have anything in common. There's nothing wrong with that, we have a strong relationship and don't let our differences harm are love. Nonetheless, I often yearn for a friend that shares my interests.

I know this is the typical teenage emo "nobody understands me" feeling, and I should just get over it. Humans are all very different, and I should accept that. Yet I still needed some place to rant. It is the curative power of discourse I seek.