I (16M) have recently started college, but I haven’t managed to make friends yet. I’m deaf and can’t hear in most situations, so I can’t make friends by joining conversations around me, and when people talk to me, conversations die because I miss verbal cues to continue them.
I sit at a table with people who talk a lot, and I don’t really like them because they’re always getting told off by the tutor and it’s embarrassing to be near them.
I’ve only met one person who was willing to talk to me despite my disability (using notes app) when we were paired in class instead of doing what most people do, which is ignoring me when they realise it’s “pointless” talking to me. I know that that doesn’t necessarily mean that the person wants to be friends, but their gesture made me want to be friends with them.
Would it be weird if I moved to their table during the second week of college? I’m worried that it will be weird since we’ve only spoken once, and trying to speak to them again could be awkward. Especially if they don’t want to be near me and now they’re stuck with me at their table. I don’t know how else to make friends with them otherwise as we sit at opposite ends of the classroom.
This is not me asking for relationship advice. This is me asking about tables.
EDIT: I live in the UK, so no, I’m not getting a degree at 16. We don’t have two final years of school here, you can leave and do whatever you want at 16. Colleges are different here, it’s where a lot of people prepare for uni.