Can someone please tell me how to make friends as an adult?
It feels a lot more challenging than it should be.
@Sparrow It's terribly hard work. I have found friends in the last years via common interests, e.g. over at birdsite or here on Mastodon. Also, I've worked to deepen the connection w/ ppl I knew when I noticed we "clicked". Sometimes it worked out, sometimes it didn't.
Also I made some friends that formerly were friends of friends. That's generally the easiest way, I think. If it's available.
That makes sense.
Making friends through common interests or hobbies seems like a good choice, because then at the very least you're doing something enjoyable.
Friends of friends have panned out well in the past, but that still takes a lot of work in terms of planning or going to regular social meetings. Not impossible to do, just a lot of work to plan for.
My ability to make friends on the internet has varied over the years. From age 11-15 I met loads of friends online, but for 16-24 most of my time has been spent offline. Lately I'm picking up those skills again.
Being based in the bay area helps. There tend to be a lot of queer geeks based in this area. I just need to meet them. :P
@Sparrow I find it quite nice to find new ppl over the interet. Always have. Most of the times, of course, these ppl tend to be spread all over the globe, but sometimes I'm lucky.