Took the new neighbors one of those tiny boxes of Ferrero candy as a welcome to the neighborhood gift. That kind of thing was helpful to me when I first moved here. But, no. They said thanks and practically shut the door in my face. It was humiliating.

I’m so tired. I feel so lost and empty. I don’t have a community anymore, my family is fractured and toxic, my friends are far away with their own lives or have walked away entirely. My few attempts at peeking my head in the local furry community left me cold after they found out I’m not in my 20’s. Am I doing something wrong? Why is this so hard?