I only really have one close friend I see about every other week. We both have kids so it works out. I’ll see other friends occasionally but not very regularly. I work & study so between all that, being a mom/wife, and the small amount of time I have for hobbies, I really don’t have much time for more than that lol
Usually once or twice. I have no kids, and it’s pretty easy to see people since most of my friends are either walking distance or within 20 minutes on transit
Usually about three, but that is largely because most of my local friends are made through rec sports leagues and there is a built in mechanism to get us together a couple times each week.
All my really good friends live 700 miles from me. I am lucky if we get together once a year. I have other friends that are close but they are not in the same caliber
I’ve seen my friends once this year in a different state and either of us live in. We have kids; they do not. We will be seeing another friend in two weekends and then that friend and the first friends in June at a mutual event.
Since ive been with my fiancée, i dont see MY single friends often – maybe once or twice a month if im lucky. We do see our one couple friends relatively often as we tend to make weekend plans together
I don’t have kids and live in nyc. I go out most nights after work and casually bump into friends most days. For example tonight before I came home to make dinner, I hung out with 3 people I know by chance at my local dive having a couple beers.
Actual organizing a night out to have dinner or go to a play with friends happens a couple nights a month.
I intentionally moved closer to my closest friend. Now our kids go to the same school and we see each other almost every day at school pickup/drop off and events. We get together for something more intentional, like lunch or coffee, usually once per week.
I try to see my friends a few times a month. It’s hard with my work schedule coupled with my friends living a ways away. I see my boyfriend a few days a week usually. No kids and likely won’t be able to afford any (since I would have to adopt)
2 kids. I generally hang out with friends at least once a week. Of course I’m not counting my wife who is my best friend because we’re together all the time.
Church friends I see at least once a week on Sunday and we usually hang out after. I also do small groups during the week so I see some of them 2-3 times a week total.
Other friends I see probably once a month.
I don’t have kids but some of my friends do! The beauty of church is that there’s usually some form of childcare (even for small groups) lol
Zero. I’m one year out of college and it’s rough with my friends moving back home, across the state, and around the country. I have some other friends from outside college, but I see them maybe once a month.
Many of my friends are bartenders or in the service industry. I pop out a few times a week to see them. Being a 9-5 office worker it sucks trying to do stuff, but get together 2x a month or so outside the bar. See a lot of regulars in the process, some I consider friends.
Other “professional” friends probably also around 2x a month, but it’s mostly at their homes due to kids. No kids myself.
Lots of daily group chats for all the other friends who’ve moved away to other parts of the States.
I see them about every 4 months. We don’t live in the same city. I moved out after graduation and haven’t make friends in my new city. Having kids didn’t change that.
On average 1 – 2 times per week. (Team trivia helps a lot.)
No kids for me…and most of the folks in the trivia group don'[t have kids either (or at least not full custody)
1 kid. I see at least 3-4 friends a week plus my sibling. I like to double up who I hang out with, and actively sought out fostering better friendships with the kids whose parents I liked so I could have a double “play date” with my kiddo
All my friends work at the same place so everyday. Then golf with them on Saturday and play soccer on sunday. No kids. 1 friend with kids we see semi frequently like 1 month except for occasionally at work
Before I moved it really depended… sometimes it was 1-2x a month, maybe up to 4x a month if I was busy. But I kept contact with them pretty much every day, always rotating who I’m checking in with.
But now that I’ve moved? I have one friend that lives 2 hours away (he lives closest to me) and I see him about once a month.
I have a 4 year old. And I’m a single parent. So free time is hard to come by, but I do like to spend it on my friends 🙂 my friends are very welcoming of my kiddo too!! ☺️
Depends on if they’re living in the area or not. Local friends? Weekly or close to-most of us met each other because we play D&D together nearly weekly (I say nearly because there’s been a few weeks where we’ve had to cancel either because the DM can’t make it or because where we play at is closed for a holiday. We usually take at least a week off between the ending of one campaign and beginning another).
ETA: non-local? Once a year, but that’s mostly because we have to travel to see each other. Some live about 4 hours away (easier to drive to see them) and others live 18-20 hours away (we usually fly). I also don’t have kids; my local friends? No real clue for all of them. Some don’t, I know that much, but not sure about the others. With my non-local? Only a couple of them don’t; the rest do.
39m/no kids/single r/LivingAlone I have friends I won’t see for years. The two close friends I have I see them maybe every other month, and they’re married to each other.
Late 30s, no kids. We see friends on average about once every week or two. Board game nights, trivia, dnd, seeing movies, escape rooms (there are tons around here), bday celebrations, etc.
I don’t see my friends weekly. I should start reaching out more but like my best friend and his wife work for the government and have been recalled back into the office and my bestie lives 1000 miles away. Last time I saw her in person was last year but we talk a lot.
I see gym friends several times a week. Church friends once or twice a week. But best friends…. once or twice a year because they live in different states or countries.
Once per week I have Game Night with my old college friends- we Zoom since we’re scattered across the East Coast nowadays. We either play D&D or Call of Cthulhu depending on the week.
I am married and we have two kids: one of them is 11, the other is 22 and in college.
That is not measured by times per week. It’s measured in times per year. Depending on the friend, the answer will be 1-5 times annually. Many of my friends live in different states.
As a single adult I don’t have any friends once all of mine got married and started their own lives with their spouses and children that didn’t include me.
I have lots of friend groups. I have a solid group of work friends that I see mostly M-F and every few weekends, although I work a travel heavy job so this depends on the time of year. My hometown friends and family I see every few months when I visit my parents. My college friends I see once every few years. My grad school friends I see a handful of times a year. No kids.
I don’t have kids and the closest thing I have to friends are a few of my coworkers I sit with and talk to at breaks on Wednesdays. (Wednesdays are the only days we work together)
5…perks of having coworkers who are my friends 😅 A small group of us go out to eat or get drinks together usually once a month or so. Sometimes it’s just us, sometimes we bring family members or kids.
I’m married with one kid (and one on the way) and in grad school full-time plus working full-time. There’s literally no time to reach out or maintain/build friendships haha
I don’t “see” my friends often, maybe once or twice a year since I relocated about 4 hours away. But I play table top games online with them once a week.
That said, I’m a volunteer with my son’s Cub Scout Pack. I don’t know that “friends” is the best word, but there are several other parents I enjoy the company of. I see them a few times a month for meetings, activities, camping, hiking, etc.
For anyone struggling to connect with adults your age, I strongly recommend volunteering. Find a group that shares your values and does something you enjoy. Go outside, get some fresh air and exercise. Try to be something more than just your work. You’ll enjoy life a lot more.
I’ve played ice hockey with the same group of guys for nearly 25 years. We see each other at least once a week for our hockey games every Monday night and then we generally do something together on the weekends like a concert or just an impromptu get together at someone’s house.
All our wives and kids are all friends so it makes it easy.
One friend lives in my neighborhood. We see each other 2-3 times a week. All of my other friends live 2+ hours away, with some in other states. I probably see those friends 1.5 times a year. .5 because last year I saw them more frequently than usual; I think I saw them each 2-3 times last year.
Between my friends and my husband’s friends, it ends up being at least 1-2x a week. We have various different groups of friends though, so we could go months before seeing the same people again. No kids for us yet.
I try to see my bff at least once a month but usually it’s every 2-3 months. I talk to my friends nearly every day though. I have one kiddo but what keeps me busy is my job and school.
I see my best friend (husband) every day. My closest non husband friend lives a couple of hours away but I talk to him daily. I see my card club friends twice a month. I see my painting friends every week. I see my gardening friends every week. There’s a little bit of crossover in all of the groups. Key is to volunteer and do activities around the community. That’s how I met my friends.
I can do two events max per week, maybe three if timed well. Friends, volunteering, work event, whoever gets on the calendar first gets my time. I’m too tired and need my down time too much to do more than a few things per week. 43F, no kids
Once every couple of weeks maybe for my closest friends geographically. Couple times a year for ones further away and with kids. Once every couple of years for friends that are far away. Group chats and social media help.
We have a standing gathering as a group once per week. We’ll also see individual friends a few times per week in addition to that. 36F, married, no kids. Most of our friends are either older with grown kids or younger with no kids.
Up until 2019 I lived in a small, economically struggling but very walkable city. I saw people I knew every day – whether just in passing or really hanging out. We had folks over on about a weekly basis. Went to other folks homes. But mostly went out – to the movies or to a show or even to talks at the library and such. Usually followed up by dinner and a drink somewhere. I volunteered here and there, sometimes because it was important and sometimes just for fun. I was very happy with my social life.
I’ve since moved to a more rural area, and while it is beautiful, it is very isolating. The thought of an impending recession, and even more of our few small businesses closing, is seriously depressing.
If I could go back in time I would choose to stay in town.
I have a group of friends that I see every week (some of us play on a sports team together, the rest in the group come to watch, and we all get a drink after). I have another group I see usually at least once a month and a few other groups I see probably every 1-2 months. I’m married with no kids. We’re both in our mid 30s and oddly enough, describe ourselves as introverts even though it seems we’re doing a lot more socializing than the average responder.
I work with two of my best friends and fiance, so I see some of them 3 times a week. I hang out with the same people plus a few more 1 or twice a week, sometimes every other week.
2-3 times a month for my actual friends, but daily snippets of interaction with long-term good acquaintances, because I see them at school drop-off or pick-up.
Obviously with kids.
We also do at least one week-long trip with friends each year and multiple local camping trips, so the number of days spent with friends probably exceeds an average of 52/year, even if it’s often clumped together.
I see a friend or some friends pretty much every day, but I see each friend way less than that.
Some people that I consider friends I only see once or twice a year; some I do see multiple times per week; probably most I see like 1-3 times per month.
Oof. It’s been months and months. But I talk to them all the time. When my best friend lived in the same city, it was almost everyday. She would come over and I just tell her that I didn’t feel like talking but I wanted her there. We would sit on the couch folding clothes and watch a movie.
I see my best friend once a week, if not more. She sleeps over a lot which is fun. My other close friends maybe once a month sometimes twice a month, sometimes once every 2 months just depends. No kids, but I don’t think that would change it unless she moves lol.
I “see” them online lots and we have a weekly D&D session on Fridays. Sometimes some of us cannot be at D&D because of work and/or homework and such but most of the time we manage to meet.
I live in a walkable area, my local friends I see 2 to 3 times a week. We play trivia 2 times a week at a bar. Other friends that live a bit further maybe every two weeks. Some of them have kids and weve grown apart (in my 40s, i dont have kids), and we dont see each other anymore. When my closest friends that live far away ‘come back home’ to visit thier parents, we see each other every 6 months or so.
I have a standing date to play trivia each week. Sometimes a dog walking turns in to hours gone if I run into someone along the way and we hang out. I will take myself out for a happy hour and see people I know.
I find the best way to do this is to have something scheduled with them every week. You can always cancel. But knowing that Mondays are when I play roller hockey with my friends means I don’t plan a lot of stuff on Mondays. It is also a lot easier than trying to plan every time I want to see my friends.
I either see my friends once every couple of months or multiple times a week depending on time of year and overlapping hobbies.
Many of my friends live a few hours away and we only get together when something big is happening. Other friends are in community theatre with me so I see them at every rehearsal. Work friends are like this too.
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0 because i dont have any friends nor kids
Not nearly enough
Once or twice. No kids 30F SINK.
More like 2 times per month
Maybe once or twice a month, no kids but I did move relatively far away from most of my people
Friends? What are those?
In the summer we go over to their house for dinner and a bonfire every Saturday. In the winter we sit at home a wait for summer.
0/week on average, but regularly each month. In that group chat every day though.
4-5 nights a week I have plans with different sets of friends. I’m single af no kids
I only really have one close friend I see about every other week. We both have kids so it works out. I’ll see other friends occasionally but not very regularly. I work & study so between all that, being a mom/wife, and the small amount of time I have for hobbies, I really don’t have much time for more than that lol
Usually once or twice. I have no kids, and it’s pretty easy to see people since most of my friends are either walking distance or within 20 minutes on transit
Usually about three, but that is largely because most of my local friends are made through rec sports leagues and there is a built in mechanism to get us together a couple times each week.
The people that I think of when you say friends.. every few months. More than once in a month if I’m lucky.
On the other hand I play volleyball 2-4 times per week.. soni get to see them way more often.
All my really good friends live 700 miles from me. I am lucky if we get together once a year. I have other friends that are close but they are not in the same caliber
No kids, see friends usually 2-3 times a week.
I’ve seen my friends once this year in a different state and either of us live in. We have kids; they do not. We will be seeing another friend in two weekends and then that friend and the first friends in June at a mutual event.
Stepcritters and 1-2 times a week
Since ive been with my fiancée, i dont see MY single friends often – maybe once or twice a month if im lucky. We do see our one couple friends relatively often as we tend to make weekend plans together
All my irl friends moved away years ago, and now all my friends are online, and I travel to their countries to visit once a year.
Maybe once a month. The one who’s still in town.
I haven’t seen friends in years. 🙁
I saw him in February, that was cool.
A week? You must be young to be asking this question.
0 unless we’re counting work “friends”
I don’t have kids and live in nyc. I go out most nights after work and casually bump into friends most days. For example tonight before I came home to make dinner, I hung out with 3 people I know by chance at my local dive having a couple beers.
Actual organizing a night out to have dinner or go to a play with friends happens a couple nights a month.
I intentionally moved closer to my closest friend. Now our kids go to the same school and we see each other almost every day at school pickup/drop off and events. We get together for something more intentional, like lunch or coffee, usually once per week.
People have friends?
I try to see my friends a few times a month. It’s hard with my work schedule coupled with my friends living a ways away. I see my boyfriend a few days a week usually. No kids and likely won’t be able to afford any (since I would have to adopt)
I usually see friends once or twice a week but they rotate. I generally go through my rotation of friends a month and a half or so
2 kids. I generally hang out with friends at least once a week. Of course I’m not counting my wife who is my best friend because we’re together all the time.
Maybe once a month. I’m a dad of 3 young kids.
Probably an average of four times a week. 37, no kids.
If by friends you mean dogs, daily. Otherwise like never.
Church friends I see at least once a week on Sunday and we usually hang out after. I also do small groups during the week so I see some of them 2-3 times a week total.
Other friends I see probably once a month.
I don’t have kids but some of my friends do! The beauty of church is that there’s usually some form of childcare (even for small groups) lol
Zero. I’m one year out of college and it’s rough with my friends moving back home, across the state, and around the country. I have some other friends from outside college, but I see them maybe once a month.
Like 3-4 times a week. No kids.
I don’t have kids or friends, and I’m totally fine with it.
1-2x a week. Not the same people all the time, but I try to have social plans a couple times a week.
I don’t have kids.
A couple of times a year.
Many of my friends are bartenders or in the service industry. I pop out a few times a week to see them. Being a 9-5 office worker it sucks trying to do stuff, but get together 2x a month or so outside the bar. See a lot of regulars in the process, some I consider friends.
Other “professional” friends probably also around 2x a month, but it’s mostly at their homes due to kids. No kids myself.
Lots of daily group chats for all the other friends who’ve moved away to other parts of the States.
I have one adult kid, and I see friends in person maybe once every two or three months? But text/message/otherwise chat daily.
None of my friends live in the same town as I do and I don’t know anybody where we currently live.
Friends?
0 times a week (I haven’t seen any of them in a couple years, and before that it was 3 years). No kids here.
Two to three times a week usually. No kids. 46.
I see them about every 4 months. We don’t live in the same city. I moved out after graduation and haven’t make friends in my new city. Having kids didn’t change that.
Kids yes, friends…..do I count random strangers that have questions I’m answering on Reddit as friends? If not, then no.
On average 1 – 2 times per week. (Team trivia helps a lot.)
No kids for me…and most of the folks in the trivia group don'[t have kids either (or at least not full custody)
So seldom that they no longer seem like friends.
More like twice a month, maybe 3 times if our schedules aren’t too crazy
1 kid. I see at least 3-4 friends a week plus my sibling. I like to double up who I hang out with, and actively sought out fostering better friendships with the kids whose parents I liked so I could have a double “play date” with my kiddo
All my friends work at the same place so everyday. Then golf with them on Saturday and play soccer on sunday. No kids. 1 friend with kids we see semi frequently like 1 month except for occasionally at work
Before I moved it really depended… sometimes it was 1-2x a month, maybe up to 4x a month if I was busy. But I kept contact with them pretty much every day, always rotating who I’m checking in with.
But now that I’ve moved? I have one friend that lives 2 hours away (he lives closest to me) and I see him about once a month.
I have a 4 year old. And I’m a single parent. So free time is hard to come by, but I do like to spend it on my friends 🙂 my friends are very welcoming of my kiddo too!! ☺️
Never.
Does my wife count as a friend?
I see them at Church. We try to get together every so often. I have 4 kids.
Depends on if they’re living in the area or not. Local friends? Weekly or close to-most of us met each other because we play D&D together nearly weekly (I say nearly because there’s been a few weeks where we’ve had to cancel either because the DM can’t make it or because where we play at is closed for a holiday. We usually take at least a week off between the ending of one campaign and beginning another).
ETA: non-local? Once a year, but that’s mostly because we have to travel to see each other. Some live about 4 hours away (easier to drive to see them) and others live 18-20 hours away (we usually fly). I also don’t have kids; my local friends? No real clue for all of them. Some don’t, I know that much, but not sure about the others. With my non-local? Only a couple of them don’t; the rest do.
I don’t have any, lmao.
Lots of sad people in this. I see my friends twice a week or more.
0 kids and at least once a week we gather with friends in some fashion.
Zero times a week. Usually just holidays or special occasions.
I have 2 kids.
Probably 2-3 times a month. With most of them, the kids are how we became friends. Now that the kids are older we see them less.
Once every other month, probably. No kids.
Friends? What are those?
Does facetime count?
If not, 0. All of my friends either live out of state, or too far away in-state for casual visits.
No kids, sadly.
39m/no kids/single r/LivingAlone I have friends I won’t see for years. The two close friends I have I see them maybe every other month, and they’re married to each other.
Late 30s, no kids. We see friends on average about once every week or two. Board game nights, trivia, dnd, seeing movies, escape rooms (there are tons around here), bday celebrations, etc.
Friends? What is that? In the UnitedStates, us wage slaves exist only to generate capital for the masters.
Usually twice a week. Middle aged with 3 teen to early 20s kids.
I don’t see my friends weekly. I should start reaching out more but like my best friend and his wife work for the government and have been recalled back into the office and my bestie lives 1000 miles away. Last time I saw her in person was last year but we talk a lot.
In the group chat all the time, but see them maybe once or twice a month
I see my best friend every day because I married him ☺️
40m. I dunno. Like 3 or 4? Sometimes a good bit more.
I see gym friends several times a week. Church friends once or twice a week. But best friends…. once or twice a year because they live in different states or countries.
Friends zero, no kids, I do see my cousins son numerous times weekly.
My best friend lives down the road. Often I see her several times a week. Other friends maybe every other week or so.
A WEEK? Lucky to see friends maybe a handful of times a YEAR.
Once per week I have Game Night with my old college friends- we Zoom since we’re scattered across the East Coast nowadays. We either play D&D or Call of Cthulhu depending on the week.
I am married and we have two kids: one of them is 11, the other is 22 and in college.
Let see, my ONE friend? Probably once a month.
Besides the one I live with, maybe once a month.
No, I don’t.
no kids, see friends 2-3 times per week
Once a year if I’m lucky
0 they don’t live close. no kids.
No kids. The number of times I see my friends depends. Some I see every week. Some I only see once every month or two.
Maybe 1 time a month 2 kids. Everyone moved to different states.
Technically 0 times.
But we are on discord all day as we work remotely. Lol.
So we just shit talk all day while working our jobs. It’s good fun.
I have kids that can be left home alone (tween & teen) and we go out with friends at least once a week.
Once typically. Kids on the way.
That is not measured by times per week. It’s measured in times per year. Depending on the friend, the answer will be 1-5 times annually. Many of my friends live in different states.
No kids.
2 kids, once a month or so. They’ve got kids too, life is just busy.
Friends?
Most nights, I practice BJJ with some, have others that I do other hobbies with, and I like being around people.
Besides my work friends? Zero.
I see different friends throughout the week, but I don’t usually see any friend more than once week.
(30+ with a child)
2-3 times a week. No kids.
Maybe 1-2x a week mostly riding road bicycle with them, but sometimes 0 because we have kids and sometimes I don’t have time to ride with my friends.
Golf Saturdays. Band practice Wednesdays. Marriage, every single day.
As a single adult I don’t have any friends once all of mine got married and started their own lives with their spouses and children that didn’t include me.
0, we all live in different states.
I have lots of friend groups. I have a solid group of work friends that I see mostly M-F and every few weekends, although I work a travel heavy job so this depends on the time of year. My hometown friends and family I see every few months when I visit my parents. My college friends I see once every few years. My grad school friends I see a handful of times a year. No kids.
I have little kids- see my friends like once every other month
I don’t have kids and the closest thing I have to friends are a few of my coworkers I sit with and talk to at breaks on Wednesdays. (Wednesdays are the only days we work together)
Unfortunately the majority of my close friends have died over the past few years. It’s rare for me nowadays.
2-3 times a week. No kids. Age 31 (group aged 31-46, all child-free)
5…perks of having coworkers who are my friends 😅 A small group of us go out to eat or get drinks together usually once a month or so. Sometimes it’s just us, sometimes we bring family members or kids.
I’m married with one kid (and one on the way) and in grad school full-time plus working full-time. There’s literally no time to reach out or maintain/build friendships haha
I see one group of friends 1-2 times a month. I see the other about the same. No children.
I’m almost 50. I see friends at least 3 times a week. No kids.
Group chat daily
On average over a one year period maybe once every two weeks
I’m 41 with 1 kid
I don’t “see” my friends often, maybe once or twice a year since I relocated about 4 hours away. But I play table top games online with them once a week.
That said, I’m a volunteer with my son’s Cub Scout Pack. I don’t know that “friends” is the best word, but there are several other parents I enjoy the company of. I see them a few times a month for meetings, activities, camping, hiking, etc.
For anyone struggling to connect with adults your age, I strongly recommend volunteering. Find a group that shares your values and does something you enjoy. Go outside, get some fresh air and exercise. Try to be something more than just your work. You’ll enjoy life a lot more.
Never
They all live in different states
They have kids but I don’t
Usually twice. I’m 47 with kids and grandkids.
I’ve played ice hockey with the same group of guys for nearly 25 years. We see each other at least once a week for our hockey games every Monday night and then we generally do something together on the weekends like a concert or just an impromptu get together at someone’s house.
All our wives and kids are all friends so it makes it easy.
My husband and my dog? Every day
1/7 times per week.
Every day, because 95% off my friends are my coworkers
Pretty often. At the gym, run club, skiing, hiking, or hanging out. Yes, I’m a single childless millennial
One friend lives in my neighborhood. We see each other 2-3 times a week. All of my other friends live 2+ hours away, with some in other states. I probably see those friends 1.5 times a year. .5 because last year I saw them more frequently than usual; I think I saw them each 2-3 times last year.
The friend who works at the same place, just on a different shift? 2-4 days a week. Anyone else? Every few months, so 2-4 times a year.
Between my friends and my husband’s friends, it ends up being at least 1-2x a week. We have various different groups of friends though, so we could go months before seeing the same people again. No kids for us yet.
None. I don’t have friends.
I don’t have kids either.
Different groups and social settings. My friends from church I see weekly. Regular friends: once a month.
I try to see my bff at least once a month but usually it’s every 2-3 months. I talk to my friends nearly every day though. I have one kiddo but what keeps me busy is my job and school.
Hahah! What?
Have kids. Most friends have multiple kids too. I text friends a few times a week but SEE each friend a few times a year.
Zero
Work, home, family obligations, side hustle, sleep
Maybe once a month to 6 weeks I hang with friends…but not more than that usually
I see my best friend (husband) every day. My closest non husband friend lives a couple of hours away but I talk to him daily. I see my card club friends twice a month. I see my painting friends every week. I see my gardening friends every week. There’s a little bit of crossover in all of the groups. Key is to volunteer and do activities around the community. That’s how I met my friends.
0 to 1 or twice. They’re busy with their own lives, so getting together takes effort and planning.
It kind of depends. A lot of my friends aren’t local but in general I see friends at least a couple of times a week.
I can do two events max per week, maybe three if timed well. Friends, volunteering, work event, whoever gets on the calendar first gets my time. I’m too tired and need my down time too much to do more than a few things per week. 43F, no kids
No kids, see my friends a few times a year. I have one good friend who lives like a mile from me who I haven’t seen in three years
0 we all live in different states.
No kids. Dogs though
A couple
I see my friends once every couple of months if I’m lucky. I have no children.
Once every couple of weeks maybe for my closest friends geographically. Couple times a year for ones further away and with kids. Once every couple of years for friends that are far away. Group chats and social media help.
We have a standing gathering as a group once per week. We’ll also see individual friends a few times per week in addition to that. 36F, married, no kids. Most of our friends are either older with grown kids or younger with no kids.
Once every few months
A WEEK? So I try to see my friends every few MONTHS. I don’t have children but I’m old and a lot of my friend’s do have children
I see my best friend every day. We live together. We have a child together. We’ll be married fifteen years in July 😃
Up until 2019 I lived in a small, economically struggling but very walkable city. I saw people I knew every day – whether just in passing or really hanging out. We had folks over on about a weekly basis. Went to other folks homes. But mostly went out – to the movies or to a show or even to talks at the library and such. Usually followed up by dinner and a drink somewhere. I volunteered here and there, sometimes because it was important and sometimes just for fun. I was very happy with my social life.
I’ve since moved to a more rural area, and while it is beautiful, it is very isolating. The thought of an impending recession, and even more of our few small businesses closing, is seriously depressing.
If I could go back in time I would choose to stay in town.
Depends on the friend.
Anywhere from twice-ish to once every few weeks. I don’t have kids, some of them do.
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“Friends”?
A week? More like 3 times a year
Depends on the friends, but overall not like I used to when I was younger and kidless.
I see my best friend 2 days a week for 5 minutes when she drops off her son off at my daycare.
I have a group of friends that I see every week (some of us play on a sports team together, the rest in the group come to watch, and we all get a drink after). I have another group I see usually at least once a month and a few other groups I see probably every 1-2 months. I’m married with no kids. We’re both in our mid 30s and oddly enough, describe ourselves as introverts even though it seems we’re doing a lot more socializing than the average responder.
Usually 2-3 times per week with my running group. I don’t have kids.
I work with two of my best friends and fiance, so I see some of them 3 times a week. I hang out with the same people plus a few more 1 or twice a week, sometimes every other week.
A week 0 I’m lucky if I see my bestie once a month
2 days a week, but I work at the same place as her
I think the people you see weekly become your friends. I have kids. I see my neighbors with kids almost daily. We are friends. It’s nice.
2-3 times a month for my actual friends, but daily snippets of interaction with long-term good acquaintances, because I see them at school drop-off or pick-up.
Obviously with kids.
We also do at least one week-long trip with friends each year and multiple local camping trips, so the number of days spent with friends probably exceeds an average of 52/year, even if it’s often clumped together.
I live next door to my childhood friend and see them several times a week. I have grown children and a young grandchild but they all live far away.
5 kids 14yo+. We may see one set of friends per month. On a rotating schedule of 6 sets of friends.
Zero. And yes, adult children.
I see a friend or some friends pretty much every day, but I see each friend way less than that.
Some people that I consider friends I only see once or twice a year; some I do see multiple times per week; probably most I see like 1-3 times per month.
(No kids.)
Just about everyday, and no I don’t have any kids. What an interesting follow up question
Oof. It’s been months and months. But I talk to them all the time. When my best friend lived in the same city, it was almost everyday. She would come over and I just tell her that I didn’t feel like talking but I wanted her there. We would sit on the couch folding clothes and watch a movie.
Don’t see them in person at all since we moved to a different state three years ago.
I see my best friend once a week, if not more. She sleeps over a lot which is fun. My other close friends maybe once a month sometimes twice a month, sometimes once every 2 months just depends. No kids, but I don’t think that would change it unless she moves lol.
It’s more like twice a month.
I put two weeks of nursing shifts into 8 days, so for nearly an entire week, I’m unavailable to my friends.
My best friend lives 7 hours drive away. We try to meet up twice a year or so.
No kids and I’m pretty asocial, so no friends either. I get all the socialization I can stand at work. I do have two lovely cats, though 🐱
7 bare minimum, bc I am in college and live with them
I’m with friends multiple times per week. No kids and live alone.
Usually twice a week but lately it’s been nearly every day. No kids
I “see” them online lots and we have a weekly D&D session on Fridays. Sometimes some of us cannot be at D&D because of work and/or homework and such but most of the time we manage to meet.
I live in a walkable area, my local friends I see 2 to 3 times a week. We play trivia 2 times a week at a bar. Other friends that live a bit further maybe every two weeks. Some of them have kids and weve grown apart (in my 40s, i dont have kids), and we dont see each other anymore. When my closest friends that live far away ‘come back home’ to visit thier parents, we see each other every 6 months or so.
3-4 x a week.
I have a standing date to play trivia each week. Sometimes a dog walking turns in to hours gone if I run into someone along the way and we hang out. I will take myself out for a happy hour and see people I know.
I have teenagers so they can be left alone.
2-4x. I have two kids under 12.
I find the best way to do this is to have something scheduled with them every week. You can always cancel. But knowing that Mondays are when I play roller hockey with my friends means I don’t plan a lot of stuff on Mondays. It is also a lot easier than trying to plan every time I want to see my friends.
I either see my friends once every couple of months or multiple times a week depending on time of year and overlapping hobbies.
Many of my friends live a few hours away and we only get together when something big is happening. Other friends are in community theatre with me so I see them at every rehearsal. Work friends are like this too.
I don’t have kids, but some of my friends do