I stopped prepare Friend after I turned , like , 22 .
Hello, lovely people! My name’s Dannica, I’m 25, and I have a very small circle of friends. Not to say this is a bad thing because I love all my friends, but I don’t think I’ve made anewfriend in years. Also, none of my friends really live in my city, either, so planning a hangout is almost always an event.
I honestly think that making friends as an adult is hard in general. All of the friends I have now are either from school or from my old jobs, but now that I’m no longer in school AND I work from home, the opportunities to meet new people are almost non-existent. This might be different for people who are extremely extroverted (not me), but I just have this overall feeling that it’s just kind of…awkward (?) to naturally meet people and maintain a friendship, especially considering that most adults have so much going on in life already.
So, if you are an adult who has successfully made friends “in the wild,” I want to know what you were doing and how you met your friends!
Maybe you were at a bookstore, minding your own business, when you noticed someone looking over one of your favorite books. You made a small comment about how good it was, and before you knew it, friendship bloomed.
Maybe you decided to take a dance class so that you could meet some new people, and lo and behold, you found a new practice partner and a friend.
Or maybe you became friends with someone after joining a social media group, and you two hit it off right away. You met in person, and it was like the stars aligned.
Or perhaps you decided to go to a party alone instead of bringing a plus-one, and you found yourself socializing a lot more than you thought you would.
I stopped making friends after I turned, like, 22.
