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bella321
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Member since 3/09 1952 total posts
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Kristy
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Making Friends as an Adult
Anyone have any tips for making friends as adult?
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Posted 6/11/20 2:22 PM  |
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Funkybutt
LIF Adult
Member since 4/15 3049 total posts
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Making Friends as an Adult
It's easier if you find people with a shared interest (hobbies like hiking, knitting, etc). I find that trying to make friends with moms of my son'd friends doesn't work. We never seem to click b/c we're usually so different.
It's harder to do during quarantine b/c a lot of people aren't being social with strangers, but generally you can find FB groups and meetup.com groups that would be interesting to you.
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| Posted 6/11/20 2:30 PM |
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chilltocam
LIF Adult
Member since 11/11 9141 total posts
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Making Friends as an Adult
I've made some good friends through meetup.com groups
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| Posted 6/11/20 6:22 PM |
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LittleDiva
LIF Adult
Member since 9/11 1284 total posts
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Making Friends as an Adult
Now that my kids are older, I’ve made friends with the moms that they do sports and activities with. Before 1st grade I didn’t have many “mom” friends but after my kids got serious in their activities and I started seeing the same people every weekend we gradually got friendlier and now we are pretty good friends.
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| Posted 6/11/20 6:42 PM |
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PhyllisNJoe
My Box Is Broken
Member since 6/11 9145 total posts
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Phyllis
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Re: Making Friends as an Adult
Posted by chilltocam
I've made some good friends through meetup.com groups
This
I also made great friends on here while going through fertility treatments.
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| Posted 6/11/20 7:54 PM |
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LuckyStar
LIF Adult
Member since 7/14 7274 total posts
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Making Friends as an Adult
All the friends I've made as an adult were through work, both past and present jobs.
I do have 2 moms who I'm sort of friends with because our DDs are friends. One moved oos and we are (hopefully) moving soon ourselves, but they're cool and normal and I feel like those are two qualities that are lacking in the momosphere.
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| Posted 6/11/20 9:55 PM |
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seaside
LIF Adult
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Re: Making Friends as an Adult
I made lots because one or the other of us had the courage to cold call for a playdate for the kids. Lots of them stuck because the adults hit it off.
Work has also been a great place to make friends.
It can be hard to put yourself out there, but it is often worth it.
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| Posted 6/12/20 8:17 AM |
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jlm2008
LIF Adult
Member since 1/10 5092 total posts
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Re: Making Friends as an Adult
Posted by chilltocam
I've made some good friends through meetup.com groups
This. Actually some of my closest friends are women I met on meetup 10 years ago.
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| Posted 6/12/20 8:25 AM |
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MrsM-6-7-08
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Member since 8/06 4249 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: Making Friends as an Adult
I know this will sound strange but 7 years ago I met someone from Instagram. Back when Instagram was still new.
I talked with her and she was from Miami and less then a month later she came up to nyc and we met for dinner.
The next month I booked a flight to go down and spend 5 days. Met her husband as well. I continued to go down every other month and then finally my husband got to meet them. From that time forward we have been on over 25 trips together.
A bunch of our trips have been long compared to traditional vacations. Last year we were away for a month. And we have done 3 trips that were 3 weeks long
We have traveled the world together, we share houses we rent, we have also done a few boat trips together once on their boat and a few on our boat.
We have become best friends. A few years after meeting we got a condo in Miami and during quarantine we see them often. It is hard for others to understand and some people don’t get it at all.
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| Posted 6/12/20 8:37 AM |
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