I am shy and introvert since I was in elementary school, I had friends in my childhood up until my 20s.
Then they all went their ways with other friends they made, work and girfriends. I found others I already knew, but it didn't last for long, let's say three year more or less. Never had many friends, mainly the ones where I lived back then, I'm not that kind of person who likes other people. I prefer my dog's presence.
I've been always this way, and as I said yesterday, if say I better off alone because it's hard for other people to understand me and endure me, it's because I know what I'm talking about. That's the way I am, that's all.