Shy friends, how do you approach meetups?
To me it looks like people congregate in little groups where everyone knows one another, it's a bit terrifying to be the odd one out of all of those and I'd rather not join them when all I'd do is stand on the sidelines.

Is that normal? Would I be the only one keeping to myself and listening in to what other people do and talk about?
It takes a while to get used to other people, open up and hopefully be noticed by a group that sees that I'd love to be part of them.