[Blindtlk] Social Interaction Question

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi,
I am curious to hear your opinions.
I have quite a few friends at school. With most of them, I feel like we have normal conversations with a normal flow. But one friend I have seems to make interactions awkward. I understand he doesn't have the best social skills, and I don't have a problem with it, but it is almost like he's scared to "say the wrong thing." He will initiate conversation, but not quite know how to go about it.
For example, I had sent him a friend request on Facebook, which he accepted. He was surprised that I was on there, but when I said I had one he just said "Oh, I didn't know that..." and just stopped. I know what he was trying to say, and what I would have preferred, was, "I didn't know blind people used Facebook."  I also just want to make it clear that I have no problem explaining the  misconceptions that people have about things such as this, I would have just preferred it more out in the open.
Has anyone else ever dealt with a situation such as this? I completely understand that people are awkward at first normally, but then ease up later.
Thanks,
Vejas