alphapro784@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is the best way to make more friends as an adult?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1240
arrow-up1240message-squareWhat is the best way to make more friends as an adult?alphapro784@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoEarly thirties here, married, and we have 2 kids. You hit the nail on the head, unfortunately!
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoKey here is married. You already found each other and gained each other’s friends
minus-squareRichieAdler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey have kids, also known as friend repellant.
minus-squareRozz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou can also gain friends through kids
minus-squareRichieAdler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThose are not friends but partners in suffering.
minus-squareRichieAdler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, well, it’s a usually self-inflicted condition, so I don’t feel any empathy in those cases.
minus-squareRichieAdler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf it’s about what somebody asked, nobody asked you to stay alive, and you still do, no doubt aggravating many.
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWe also just moved to a new city, far away from everyone we know… So now neither of us have any friends.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWait for your kids to make friends, then get to know their parents
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s easy to make acquaintances, but just because your kids are friends does nothing to make the parents “click” and be friends.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOK, and how is that any different than making friends childless?
Early thirties here, married, and we have 2 kids. You hit the nail on the head, unfortunately!
Key here is married. You already found each other and gained each other’s friends
They have kids, also known as friend repellant.
You can also gain friends through kids
Those are not friends but partners in suffering.
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Yeah, well, it’s a usually self-inflicted condition, so I don’t feel any empathy in those cases.
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If it’s about what somebody asked, nobody asked you to stay alive, and you still do, no doubt aggravating many.
We also just moved to a new city, far away from everyone we know… So now neither of us have any friends.
Wait for your kids to make friends, then get to know their parents
It’s easy to make acquaintances, but just because your kids are friends does nothing to make the parents “click” and be friends.
OK, and how is that any different than making friends childless?