Best Ways You've Made New Friends

[zengirl]

I'm moving back to the U.S. after some time abroad, so I'm going to need to make new friends. I have some family there, a few true friends left there, some basic ideas how to make new friends, and I'm very social, so I'm sure I'll be fine. But. . . I can always use more suggestions! I've found that, abroad, I made some of the best friends I've had my whole life and definitely the best community of friends. Back home, I kind of went with the flow, but here, I actively tried to make friends -- and so most of them were the kind of friends that are best for me, most compatible, most healthy, most supportive, etc.

 

So, I want to know the Best Ways You've Met GREAT Friends as an adult, if anyone wants to share their stories.

 

My story? Abroad, I searched for English blogs about my small town, and I found a blog of a great girl from California, living in the same town as me. I thought her blog was hilarious, but I noticed she said she didn't have many friends outside of her work either. So, I contacted her. We become best friends and found many more to bring into our great circle by creating a book club, joining a trivia club, planning weekly or bi-weekly cultural/nature excursions (like hiking, sight-seeing, festivals, etc). But the best thing was from that blog search. Crazy! She was the only person I met that way, but that was definitely the beginning of a great group of friends.

 

I look forward to hearing your stories.

[LuckyLady13]

Honestly, the best friendships I've ever had started when a friend of mine would say "I have to introduce you to so and so because you guys are really going to hit it off". My friends know me so they'd be right about it.

[rockmartinn24]

I also like to make new friends. The best way for search for a new friends is online. You can search new friend from online. It is a easy way for search a new friends.

[Green]

I'm a recent grad school graduate. I made a good number of friends just going to school. Also made good friends where ever I worked. I also like to stay in touch with my friends from High School, Middle School, and Elementary school.

[konfuzd]

Internet: meetup- I've met quite a few friends from this website, as it's based on activities that you enjoy, so you already know you have something in common.

 

Volunteering: pick an organization or community event that interests you. Especially for events, the organization will often have volunteer appreciation parties or events that allow you to mingle and meet others.

 

Concerts: I was aprehensive about going to my first concert alone, but I was approached right away by a guy who asked if I was there alone, and invited me over to hang out with his friends. Second concert I went to, a guy asked the same opening question, only he was there alone too, so we exchanged numbers and started going to shows together.

 

Dogs: Taking my bf's dog to the dog park- his dog is super social, so when he starts playing with another dog, I'll strike up a conversation with the other dog's owner, and soon we are planning to meet up at the dog park, or go on walks with our dogs together.

[denise_xo]

Sometimes if I see people that I think have something special, I just approach them. One example, I met this woman at uni who I just noticed around (and no I'm not lesbian, I just thought she had a very intersting character to her so I got curious) so I just walked up to her at one point and basically told her I thought she was cool and that I wanted to get to know her. We became really close.