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Making friends

JennS
JennS
For a long time I have wanted to make new friends. I still keep in touch with many of my old friends but most of them live far away now. I really miss having someone to hang out with in person.

I'm generally a shy person so I never really knew how to make friends. People have suggested church but I don't feel comfortable with that anymore. I gave up religion over a year ago. I do believe there is some kind of God. I figure God can be a powerful being that sees, hears us and has a set plan for us or God can an incorporeal "energy" that makes life possible but doesn't get involved with our lives directly. God could be something that we haven't even thought of.

I don't want to be a hypocrite and go to church and pretend I believe everything they are telling me.

Right now I'm trying an online site for women. I started using it yesterday and I'm still trying to figure out how it works.

The apartment complex I live has a lot of turnover. People are always moving in and out. This doesn't give you much time to get to know someone a lot of the time.

What are thoughts on making friends?
bookmaven
bookmaven
what about an online meetup site? search by your interests and chances are you'll find a group that meets nearby. i found a knitting group through meetup and met some nice people. also consider book clubs through your local bookstore or library, or gaming clubs. church is a popular social outlet, but it's not the only one. be creative and find people with similar interests - maybe an art class or film class at the local college? there are lots of opportunities to meet people, and don't discount your local NAMI and DBSA meetings. good luck in being more social! :-)
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
"Meet Up" is supposed to be very good and is all over the US... You could just google it in your area and see if there's one for something you're interested in... It's free and people "Meet Up" for all kinds of things.. Sometimes it's a group that meet for coffee... Others might meet to go to a show or go bowling etc... Many reasons that people want to meet others in a safe way... xo
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Haha... We wrote at the same time book...x
JennS
JennS
thank you. this gives me a direction to go in.
Halterbroke
Halterbroke
I met most of my friends through my book club. I also occasionally attend a women's wine club. Meetup is a good idea, that's how I found my first book club.
JennS
JennS
I just joined "Meet Up". I found 2 mental health support group mtgs and an art group I plan on attending. Thank you for you suggestions, this what I was looking for.
Hugs.
SensitiveHoboLady
SensitiveHoboLady
It is harder and harder to make friends the older we get. I hope you meet some cool people in trying the new groups jenn!
MotherOfTwoAngels
MotherOfTwoAngels
Your not alone Jenn in feeling this way. Even though i live in New York i still feel all alone in the city. The guys are right meetup is a wonderful site. Good luck and let us know how everything turns out. Best of wishes xxx
MayB
MayB
In with you Jen I too find it hard to make friends...

I'm shy and it takes time and effort that I often don't have left to socialize but more importantly to reach out...

I have some friends here but always wish I had a few more!
PaganSpirit
PaganSpirit
Like you I am a very shy person and I don't go out much at all so my opportunities to meet people are limited. That said, I still crave human interactions sometimes. Ive gone to support groups for people with bipolar and met some cool people but just never stayed in touch with them. I hope when I feel better I will feel more outgoing, its just hard to know when that will happen.
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