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Forgive, and ask for forgiveness
If you already know that your social graces need some work, sit back, watch other people, observe and be honest with yourself. Some antisocial nerds end up making their faults into their identities.
Making friends, and social life in general, is like learning how to play a musical instrument. You make mistakes, sometimes the same ones over and over, but you have to learn and practice. It's frustrating, but in the end, you transcend the "mechanical" aspects of the process, and it becomes a joy in itself, and you don't need to think to do it anymore.