Mine has no friends either. He never initiated any friendships and the ones he had were no good because of some harm they caused him. I started adding to/developing a new network of friends through my 5 year old – mom friends, soccer friends, church friends, etc. He was welcome to join, but never did. The conversation will get irrational and will drag on wayyyy longer than it needs to. Good luck, I’ll be thinking of you. You are awesome – leaving after 8 months you are doing the right thing. I wish I left a long time ago.