dude, make new friends. Thats the easiest way to get social skills. Girl friends, guy friends, fat friends, skinny friends, hot friends, funny friends. Try to get as many friends as possible, but first try talking to the friends you have now and learn the art of conversation. Once, you pick that up, its pretty easy to carry on a convo with just about anyone. And if your conversation skills arent too great and you decide to begin dating, make sure to do action dates and dont do dates where you are forced to talk until you are comfortable with the person