Where TF did my entire family go??

Oh! Now I understand what that other commenter was talking about by ‘matching of letters to the numbers’ or something along those lines.

We getcha but that’s romaji which is a transliteration of the syllable sounds.

How about strokes? 一，二，三 😆

I feel like the most important thing to take away here is to not feel pushed to have a social life. One city I lived in I had one friend I really considered a friend and the rest were mostly in the background (though fun to hang out with time to time).

For me a social life is enough if I find a single person who is capable of listening and rolls with bouncing ideas off each other.

May or may not apply to OP but zero social life sounds like they’re an introvert.

Aspirin and paracetamol I don’t think are patented by any one company now. Supermarket brand is super cheap.