IT is one of many difficulties -on the one hand we want continued support on the other we want to be treated as "normal" I do sometimes wonder if we inadvertantly send mixed messages about this -which doesnt help when it comes to them not knowing how to respond too us.
Saying "I,m ok" could be taken as literally i am ok - or no but i dont want to talk to you about it - so not suprisingly people dont know what to say next, maybe even feel rejected.
If you have a friend who you think is generally good at empathy then perhaps you could take the initiative, sugest a shopping trip, meet up for a coffee go for a walk -whatever you used to do before or something you enjoy in common.
As Emz says people will respond diffferently and new people will emerge perhaps some-one who was more of an aquintance in the past will step up -as happened to me - it doesnt mean dropping old friendships but some people are better at dealing with our grief, often because they have suffered a loss themselves.but sometimes because they are better at emotional intelligence. In a way that can give us the thing we want, support and a taste of being normal, through mixing with different people.
Its very early days for you yet which i know also sounds like a cliche -i found while part of me longed for company the other part wanted to be alone. Like Brian i had social anxiety anyway - I was more than happy to let my husband do the talking -so joining this and that wasnt really an option i did try but it just wasnt for me -so i have, over time learned to be alone without being lonely - sometimes i still feel it - I saw a couple yesterday all loved up and it hurt a bit - but its 7 years for me so i have had much longer to get used too this.I started out by setting challenges to myself to go back to the places we used to love, do some of the things we didnt get round too and even a couple of things he would have liked to do and i would have chosen to sit out on - my thinking was, if i couldnt see a life for myself, which i couldnt - then i would live it for him.
being alone doesnt mean not having a life or a terrible future.I had to move house and the garden here has been a challenge but one which i have welcomed, somehow you are never alone in a garden. I,ve done online courses, travelled more than i ever imagined i could, but I also found true friends on here - somewhere to write, somewhere to connect to others, who not only understand through grief, but also over time find there is more in common, same interests same music etc. I have met some people others remain online friends but still very close and valuable friends.