Hello, which big city are you in? Perhaps like many other engineers, I can totally sympathize. I went through a similar period myself for several years. Look

Hello, which big city are you in? Perhaps like many other engineers, I can totally sympathize. I went through a similar period myself for several years. Looking back, I now realize that I held this incorrect perception that everyone else around me already had an active social life, and that if I reached out for friendship I'd come across as seeming desperate. Like people would think, "Why is this guy trying to be my friend? He's X years old, shouldn't he already have enough friends by now?" Then gradually I learned that many people around me were just as open to making friends as I was, and that many of the folks who you'd think were the most popular socialites are in fact couch potatoes with the same sense of loneliness that you feel. Be patient, it will get better. And there's nothing wrong with you.