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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is he happy with the way things are? Maybe he doesn’t need to be part of a larger group. Sometimes well-meaning parents want something different socially than their kids want. In any case, it is very difficult for a parent to engineer friendships for teenagers. College will likely be a different experience for him, but joining a frat is unlikely ( fortunately). He obviously has the ability to make friends. I would not be too concerned. [/quote]

I was going to ask this same question.  OP, who is more bothered about this, you or him?

My oldest was like this, and I came to realize it distressed *me* more than him.  I had fond memories of running around with friends, hanging out, all of that, and wanted it for him, but not doing this didn’t bother him and he was happy hanging out at home with us and his younger siblings.

He was always like this and still is, as an adult.  Never had really had good friends, but it didn’t keep him from pursuing his career, or finding a girlfriend whom he recently married.  [/quote]

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