I would contend that your character is, in fact, good at socializing.  Not<em>great</em>, but definitely good.<br/><br/>Your concept kinda hurt you, it seems.  It makes every bit of sense to spend most of your precursor's BPs on backgrounds, but that also cuts you out of a great deal of XP -- when you spend them on the highest Attribute and Ability ratings, BPs are worth their weight in gold.