I need some hope because I literally have friends moving and didn’t really have friends from hs/college and I work from home, and I’m afraid because my age bracelet is where people start families I won’t meet peers my group age. I feel odd being between younger kids straight out of college or much older people (retirees)
also, if you did meet where did you find success? I guess vertain hobbies work if I am consistent but which ones that brings fresh faces and I can form a close bond? I just feel lose.
I’m talking having zero friends to get invited to things, go on trips with, etc. no one to take to my portential future weddings. its all quite sad..
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Work, bars, clubs, concerts, sporting events. Easy places to meet people and make new friends. I also make friends through my partner and their friends.
We were in our 30s when we had kids, so yeah, the daycare/dance class/soccer parents crowd became our people. We got really lucky with time and location, there were some absolute gems in the crowd we fell into.
I found my tribe at 35. Look into meet up. They have some solid groups for meeting like minded people.
Yes at the bars and restaurants I hang out at
I’ve had to find new tribes ever since I entered the mitary 13 years ago. 33 now, at a new base and you gotta find a group of people to chill with or your life will be miserable. I still have my tight group from high school I talk to every day, but those I hang out with on the weekend are from work. It’s work, but we’ll worth it to have a social life.
I’m now 64 and almost all of my friendships were made from when I was about 35 to nearly 50. I made new friends through existing friends and among colleagues when I moved jobs, especially when I moved to Germany for work. When I moved back to the UK, I met more friends through my wife – she is from eastern Europe and made friends with various folk from eastern Europe.
Expats tend to be drawn to others who share the same language, cuisine, etc.
Work. Found a group of people that played mtg and dnd. I wanted to get into mtg and my fiance wanted to get into dnd so we clicked with their group. Been friends for like 5 years now and we have dnd at our house every Monday.
Yes. At the golf course and through business interactions.
Meet me at the bar. Or on the trail(unlikely) those are the places I’ll be.
“Can’t makes friends in later life”
“Male loneliness epidemic”
“Friendship groups are set early on so you’ll never fully integrate”
“People haven’t got time to waste on taking a chance on new people”
Just rock and hard place these days isn’t it?
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