This troper knows a few people who fit this trope. The first is so utterly clueless with acting around people that he either annoys them or just frustrates them. I don't think he's ever had a friend, at least at the school this troper attends (incidentally, fitting both the CoolLoser and IntelligenceEqualsIsolation tropes, this troper has a lot of sympathy for him.) It does appear that he lack of social skills is a result of some quite severe bullying ealier in his life. The second person is introverted to the point of saying absolutely nothing (this troper has known him for several years, and would be surprised if he heard a hundred words come out of his mouth during that time.)

And on tvtropes we can SPEAK OUT MY FRIEND! YEAH!

This troper has almost no clue how to interact with people. And she can't seem to go a single day without accidentally offending someone.

This troper shares your sentiments. Speaking of which, he is an interesting variation of this trope. His excessive politeness, soft-spokenness, and erratic utilization of {{Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness}} nets him more than his far share of strange looks and social rejection. The truth is, he loves making friends and talking to people, but this very trope prevents him from meeting new people and garnering social adoration.

This troper has ABSOLUTELY NONE, due to being unable to control some mental problems. And everyone he talks to mistakes it for utter stupidity.

This troper has sort of become a NoSocialSkills person recently. Before, my social skills extended as far as attending a school required it. That wasn't much, and I could get along with people there. Now I'm essentially a hermit in my own home who even turned down the chance to study at a university, partially because of social reasons.

Pretty much the same situation, except I am having a go at Uni. It's very hard. Freshers week was absolute hell and I was reduced to tears multiple times out of the sheer stress of having to talk to so many people. I've now given up on trying to act like a social person and spend most of my time in my room. On the upside, I have plenty of time to do my work so I'll probably end up with a first.

This troper can relate to the above stories. He was supposed to graduate from High School between the age of 14-15, but because of this very trope, and several other reasons, did not attend college. Today, he is a borderline {{Hikikomori}}, but one who still harbors a soft spot for humanity. :)

This troper was home schooled all his life and lived a long way out of town and so never got the chance to develop almost any social skills. Though as a result I'm extremely self conscious about my mannerism. Though now I try to avoid any social contact for fear of doing something embarrassing.

You sound pretty similar to me, minus the self-consciousness bit - I don't care about having no social skills, in my opinion they're pretty pointless. (Then again, this troper failed diplomacy forever...)

This troper has rather rudimentary social skills. I can sorta fake better skills when I want to but I rarely consider it worth the effort and even then it's noticeable, if I have to engage in small talk for any length of time I go into a repeating loop.

This troper has never had much in the way of social skills, and is currently in a social skills immersion camp called "college". Obviously, it's stressful.

This troper is the only friend of this one person he knows. I've been his only friend for most of his life because he's shy and never interacted with anyone outside his family until he went to kindergarten. As such, I am the only person he talks to, which is bad, because I'm a little messed up the the head.

He pretty much got his "sense of humor" from me. It mainly consists of dead baby humor, internet celebrity humor, and internet memes. Most of the people in his school don't get it so people just end up thinking he's weird.

It doesn't help that he dresses like me, so people think he's emo when really he thinks: "I look good in black".

It also doesn't help that it looks as if you're talking (and responding) to yourself.

This troper used to be incredibly socially awkward from the age of birth till about...oh, a year ago. She's been getting better, but it's still quite difficult. The most recent gains this troper is attributing to being in a relationship with two wonderful people, but she looks back at her behavior in high school and the first half of college and winces at how painfully awkward she was - like a puppy trying to make friends with everyone but having no idea of how to do it.

This troper just recently entered her first public school. No social skills+lots of people=OH GAWD. And apparently, I flirt with ''fourth-graders'' and ''teachers'' when I think I'm having a normal conversation with them.

This troper is friends with a guy who's a tiny bit strange. He'll waver between intense hyper-focus and lost in his own head, friendly and funny to callous and unable to understand the most basic humor, and relatively normal to downright bizarre. I worried about this, so I talked to his family, and they ''swear'' that he was never abused, molested, neglected, or mistreated (outside of high school norms, anyway), and have tested him for a broad spectrum of genetic and mental disorders like Autism.

Don't get me wrong though, he's a great guy. It's just that aside from a '''''very''''' small group of people, everyone is friendly with him, but there's definitely a wall between him and the rest of the world.

A large proportion of message board posters would fall under this trope. For a very depressing example of this trope, the 'Mad Stalker' message board on gamefaqs is the place to look. It's an unofficial dating advice board that has far too many really nerdy males thinking they have a chance with that hot girl because she asked to borrow something or made eye contact. It's so sad that it's almost not even funny.

This troper goes to school with an InsufferableGenius boy who seems to have no way of telling when he's being annoying. He speaks loudly and constantly, is a horrible know-it-all (he's very smart, and he lets you know it), keeps telling the same jokes even when it's clear no one finds them funny, won't take anything seriously, and criticizes everything and everyone. He seems to mean well, and this troper actually finds him a decent guy and an interesting person to talk to, but many of her friends despise him, and she can certainly understand why. He simply hasn't learned how to judge his own behavior.

This troper is absolutely terrified of initiating conversations these days. I used to have friends, but my personality drove them away, and being rejected almost my entire life has rendered me unable to voice even a simple "Hello" (saying it first, at least) to any girl I find attractive, and I don't really want male friends anymore after so much screwing over. The worst part is, I could actually manage to be at least a LITTLE charming if SOMEBODY ELSE would initiate the damn conversation!!! ARRARHAHRHRHRGRHGGRHRGHGRHGH.

This troper can't approach new people and is afraid of initiating/ joining conversations with people unless they're good friends. When she talks to people, she often accidentally offends them or has awkward silences between sentences. She's always kicking herself after talking to people because of her terrible lack of social skills.

Most of you seem to still be in school. It gets worse, not better. Wait'll you get out in the world and find out your entire future, no matter what vocation you're into, depends on connections, not education. Having no social skills REALLY sucks then, because good first impressions aren't possible. For those of you reading this who don't have Aspergers -- trust me, you don't want it.

This Troper is REALLY bad at talking to people, even my friends that I have known for years. Also, I always have people giving me weird looks in public places, and I can't figure out why...

What little social skills I have are usually balanced out by my NotGoodWithPeople nature. When I just let myself go and don't think about a given social situation, or if it's a really quick thing like saying "Hello!", I tend to manage, and don't act weird at all. However if there is a way to avoid these situations, I fully embrace the opportunity to do so.