AngryGromit Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I relocated to another area three years ago, Girlfriend relocated about 5 months later, we have been unable to make any new friends in the area. We tried a couple Meet up groups, but not much success there. Covid hitting certainly make tings more difficult, short of renting one from RentAFriend.com, not sure how to make friend connections. We both have co-workers, some of which we helped out after work, but no one we really clicked with. Link to post Share on other sites
central Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 The usual suggestions are meetups, social clubs, volunteering, political groups, churches, etc. Sometimes this works, but sometimes - esp. if you live in an area where most people have different values or culture - this does not produce many results. We had this problem in our last location, making only a few friends through these methods in 15 years. We actually made some lasting friends by attending swinger meet and greets! Of course, this isn't going to work for most people! LOL Link to post Share on other sites
Wiseman2 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, AngryGromit said: I relocated to another area three years ago, Girlfriend relocated about 5 months later, we have been unable to make any new friends in the area. We tried a couple Meet up groups, but not much success there. Covid hitting certainly make tings more difficult, short of renting one from RentAFriend.com, not sure how to make friend connections. We both have co-workers, some of which we helped out after work, but no one we really clicked with. Join some groups, clubs, get involved in sports and fitness, volunteer, get side jobs and broaden your horizons. It hard at first, especially with the covid situation, but you'll do ok. Link to post Share on other sites
dramafreezone Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) What do you like to do as far as activities? Hiking? Cycling? Bon fires? Wine tasting? Concerts? Trivia nights? Bowling? Start there and meet like minded people. I would not call myself a social butterfly by any stretch and I've made friends and met women who I would go on to date through meetups. I'm about to start golfing lessons and I think that'll be another avenue to meet friends. It's not that hard as long as you put in the time. Edited October 29, 2021 by dramafreezone Link to post Share on other sites
basil67 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 What about neighbours? It can be difficult when you live in an apartment - but if you're more suburban and happy to introduce yourself, friendships can form. Link to post Share on other sites
Author AngryGromit Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, dramafreezone said: What do you like to do as far as activities? Hiking? Cycling? Bon fires? Wine tasting? Concerts? Trivia nights? Bowling? Start there and meet like minded people. We were in several informal bowling leagues, were a group of people play for 8 to 12 weeks, than another league forms. We met people, just nothing where we click they come over to our house, we there's. The Fiancee was able to add a few people to her Facebook friends list, but that's about all. We hike, bike ride, we talked about joining some of these groups. Other than occasionally eating out, were just now starting to get to events, but we still avoid concerts for now. A concert is where my Boss thinks he picked up Covid from. Vaccinated or not, you can still get it, and how hard it hits you depends on the person. He had migrate headaches for 3 days and slept the whole time. My fiancee's Boss was sick for 3 weeks and ended up with pneumonia after. > What about neighbors? We lived in a townhouse the first year, then we purchased a house. The neighbors around our house are all elderly, most are retired. We are friendly with them for the most part, but it's not a come over for lunch type relationship. Fiancee was inside the house of neighbor across the street when a package was delivered to their address by mistake, she said it look liked the kitchen hasn't been updated since the 1970's. Edited October 30, 2021 by AngryGromit Link to post Share on other sites
Author AngryGromit Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) On 10/29/2021 at 11:38 AM, central said: We actually made some lasting friends by attending swinger meet and greets! Of course, this isn't going to work for most people! LOL We actually tired this, believe it or not. We looked for profiles that they want to be friends first, but for the most part, this is not true at all. We did swap with one couple, but it was a one time thing. There are two events we will be attending in November. There's a Party in Syracuse next week and the yearly Rochester Erotic Art Festival REAF is in 3 weeks. This is a BDSM/swingers event among other things (like a Furry meet up). Edited October 30, 2021 by AngryGromit Link to post Share on other sites
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