For the text of this post I'm talking about friends in general not just women but to compound on how hard it is just to hypothetically meet women/better women and begin at a friend level.

I am extremely bored and always have been of clubs and parties, I am also not a pretty enough man to thrive in these places. I also believe these are the mainly places its most common to talk to random people/groups and get in with them. Outside of that most people are very to themselves with thier group, I am already aware most people follow fun. Most of these outtings are not enjoyable to me even when I fake it and get a temporary group for the night, even when I'm laughing I'd rather be somewhere else doing somewhere else.

If you go to a concert that person will likely not even be from around your area, now you only have another long distance friend who you can't have an outting with or really be immediate friends with. Most of the people at work have thier own circles, go to the club frequently etc. I make it a point to be very real with customers, make them laugh and have them enjoy thier time daily, but it never goes anything other than surface level. To be clear I'm not just being ultra polite, I'm cracking jokes, talking with them about themselves or current events etc.

Anyway, where do I go to meet women in general? I generally dont think theres any places especially for someone with mediocre looks. Even in hobby spaces most women there do not want to be bothered outside of doing the hobby especially not if you aren't good looking. Especially in contrast to how I see most women react to an attractive man, more involved in conversation, responsive, commenting to thier friend after, pretending he's emotionally dangerous for them because he looks like he gets women etc.

This is kind of my reasoning with thinking looks are everything.