<human>: All my life I've found myself with few friends. I know I'm a sociable, kind, and friendly person, but I've not been able to find many friends in my age group. I'm in university, about to enter third year, but I've not even made a real close friend yet. I have an extroverted personality, but I get lonely at times. I do a few extracurricular activities like swing dance, but I can't form real relationships there because I'm the only regular at the lessons. I'm also a non-resident student, making things harder-I spend 3 hours in commute each day, and cant afford to live on or near campus.

My father often told me that, in my life, I'm just too picky or snobbish as to the kind of people I want to be my friends, but I would beg to differ...

For instance, I tried to hang out for a long time with a non-resident group, but I never could really get along with them and felt slightly alienated just for being me. They're atheist, try hard to be hipsters, can be a narcissist at times, and most importantly, their attitudes toward life are very short term and materialistic. My interests in TV, film, etc. are also different, if that matters. Apart from being politically progressive like they are, I have the complete opposite of those traits; I only really get along in that group when they talk about politics or the rare chance the topic of European football comes up. (I don't hate them or disrespect them for all that, I simply disagree with those views and attitudes.) I decided to stop hanging out with them because the chemistry wasn't there to make good friends; I really genuinely did not like them, nor did I blend in well.

I've had my best success in making new relationships/friendships throughout my life by talking to those students and people who are slightly older than me. The few close friends I have say I'm far more mature than most students my age. If all of this is the case, where/how should I look to try and make friends?

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<bot>: Non-resident student lonely in university, possibly because I'm much 'older' than I am compared to my peers. Any suggestions as to how/where I can look to find friends who are like-minded?