In this article from june 12, 2013.........
Her son states:
“She has anxiety about meeting new people."
snipped from the article, and a bit more from the article: (plus more at link below):
"Basically, she never built a huge network of friends when she moved to Roseville … there was some talk about maybe joining a club, but it didn’t happen. It’s just hard for her to try new things and meet new people.”
http://www.placerherald.com/article...ses-fears-around-mother’s-disappearance
So with this being said, now we know Susan does not belong to any clubs as per her son, and he also mentions anxiety meeting new people. But when he mentions that she did not build a huge network of friends, in my opinion, that sounds like she has Some friends, because of the usage of the words Huge Network of Friends in the context of his sentence.
On the other hand, with this quote from the same article........
"He wants those volunteers and the rest of the public to know that, even though his mother kept to herself, she was always there for the people who were close to her."
http://www.placerherald.com/article...ses-fears-around-mother’s-disappearance
it now sounds like to me, she didn't have friends, not even some friends..... so I am not sure how to process that, with how the article is written or how it was said.... and the people that are close to her.......does he mean that she does have a few close friends, or was he referring to Family only??
IMOO.