If nothing else, people with similar problems often have good insight!

I too wish I could just drop in on people or have people drop in on me, the way we did in college dorms. I often think college is an ideal place to forge friendships -- you have a lot of common concerns, you're the same age (and stage in life) as a lot of other people, you're jammed in together. Those of us who subsequently leave that well-forged social circle probably never fully recover.

Thanks! Hugsback!