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I truly hope you have thought long and well on your statement, "I am awkward around people," as the reason for not bothering to have more than your current two friends. I say this out of my extensive interest in and around the subject of 'friends,'
So this is how I look at your statement: One can say I am awkward around babies, around noisy crowds, even funerals and pets and tattooed heavily, or with Down Syndrome++ ... and I will still have no problem understanding and agreeing with that statement of yours.
The reason I feel unease with your words is simply because depending upon one or two close friends to fill up our need for friends in our current society is too inadequate. I think the consensus is five close friends whom one could call for help whenever that need arises.
So my hope is that you did dig deeper when you say 'because I feel awkward.' It's the quality of the reasons behind that I find missing and therefore it troubles me because you might say later : But why did I not flesh out What did 'feeling awkward' mean when I already Have Two (people) friends, whom I Enjoy spending time with?
In the end it's Your life and You have to be fully satisfied with Your decisions, as we all need to, to have a practical understanding of how one's life can be measured as 'good enough/not bad' a measure I set for my life knowing well the constraints I must live it within.
I Wish u Well,
As for myself, I'd give away happily ten hours each week for five friends. Yes, I work for developing friendships many hours each day