Last night, my SO, his family, and I were watching the movie "It's a Wonderful Life". It's a heartwarming tale with the moral that even if you don't have a lot of money, you are still rich as long as you have friends. It was my first time seeing it and I would recommend it.
However, it was a horrible movie to watch with my SO.
My SO doesn't have any friends. It hurts him so much.
We graduated high school in June. His high school 'friends' don't talk to him anymore. They don't invite him to hang out. I think it's because they hate me. They always have. They think I'm a slut even though my SO is only my second boyfriend ever, we dated for 16 months during high school, and I've only been with a few other people. They think I'm rude, a bitch, all these horrible things because one of them dates a girl who spreads nasty lies about me. I promise I am not any of those things!!
He is friendly with his coworkers but they never hang out outside of work.
After the movie, he just brought his dogs into his room and laid down with them. He looked so upset. He often says his dogs are his only friends.
I know he'll be even more upset when I leave because I'm basically the only person besides his brother who hangs out with him.
I feel so incredibly horrible for him. I know things will change and he'll make friends when he goes to college next fall (he doesn't have the money right now). But how do I make him feel better now?