As the title implies, I suck at making friends or even getting to the point where people even want to know more about me. I just don't get it, but I realize it's something I need to work on. The things that seem to come so naturally to others just go right over my head and I find it so difficult to connect with other people and have genuine, fun experiences.

I'm 26/male. I'm not terrible looking if that's relevant. I don't dress like shit and upon first glace I'm guessing I come across pretty normal, until I open my mouth. It's kind of been like this forever, for the most part, but it's really become worse in the past few years.

My social skills suck, my sense of humor seems like it's fizzled out completely and I'm not witty in the slightest. I'm not dumb, I'm just bad with people. I'm terrible at keeping conversations and I feel like I bore everyone I'm with. I've made very few friends the past 4 years and I have pretty much nothing to show for my 20's because it feels like being a normal, social person is so difficult.

How can I improve as a person? I don't like being like this. I want to connect with people, make them laugh, and for once I want people to say "who's that guy? He's interesting/cool/I want to know more about him." I want people to like me I guess but I'm just not good at these things and have no idea how to change - what to start doing, what to stop doing, or what it is exactly that turns people off so quickly.

How can I get better at these things?