OK, so I guess the first step in finding more female friends is to identify some possible candidates and see if I can build a friendship with any of them.
There is one lady in my life that I would really like to be friends with. She has been cutting my hair for the last few years, but I don’t have a friendship with her outside our professional relationship. I have seen her at least every couple of months for the last few years and I’ve really grown fond of her. She is fun to talk to, and I really enjoy her company. She is happy and optimistic and has a positive energy (I’m really tired of negative people). She also has a peaceful spirit.
When I come in for a haircut, she actually takes time to sit down and talk to me when she could go off somewhere else and take a break while I wait. So she must like talking to me (I guess).
Problem is, I’m not sure how to take our relationship to the next level of being real friends. I don’t know if I should just ask her, because she may not want to be friends, which would be fine, but it might make her uncomfortable. We have a great rapport and I don’t want to ruin it by making things weird between us.
If anyone has a suggestion about how I could handle this I would really appreciate it.
