Cheers GoodRebel,

Your description sounds similar to my situation. The strange thing is they actually know a lot more people, including attractive women, than I do as they grew up in the town and I'm an incomer.

On one occasion recently I approached two women who they knew but I didn't know they knew them. They seemed a bit pissed off at me for approaching and talking to these women.

I basically said to them 'I'm just trying to enjoy myself, I like women'. I stopped short of saying 'why aren't you talking to them if you know them and / or introducing me?'.

But as Dice! pointed out, people can get defensive and resent it if you try to change them before they are ready (I was the same). I suppose that's why it's called self-discovery, self-improvement, etc. Meaning you do it yourself.

But it would be good to have some sympathetic friends. I'll keep working to expand the circle. If they want to come on the journey great. If not I'm okay with that too.