[genericuser]

>this is supposed to appeal to the "i dont have any female friends because i am a nerd" crowd. Speaking from personal experience, this ends around 18-19 years of age.

Yeah I guess I transitioned from denial about it being due to my nerd status to "why don't I have any friends at all, am I really that horrible" around the age of 20.

Around 30 I just came to accept being alone, and having given up it matters very little what I wear.

[grub5000]

Gaining female friends is a learn-able skill, sir.

[genericuser]

Yes, and so is sending a space craft to mars. Was there a point to saying it is learn-able?

Lots of things are learn-able skills, different people will require different amounts of time to learn different skills. It is up to them to make rational decisions on whether its worth it for them to continue learning those skills.

At some point I realized making friends male or female was not a skill worth the unknown further amount of time it would take me to learn. I was not going to fall for a sunk cost fallacy, just because I had spent years trying to make friends and failing.