Oh! i know exactly how you feel. *huggies*
im like you in a lot of ways. i have issues with meeting new people. new people think im a mute...LOL
the thing is i dont like to talk either. even with people im familiar with. i figure silence is better then sticking my foot in my mouth. as a lot of the times the stuff i say comes out wrong,, or not even what i wanted to say in the first place.

and like you i dont like being by myself either.