meet new people

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I am planning to move soon so this will be imperative.

I WILL LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE GREAT AND MAN ENOUGHT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I AM REALLY TIRED OF BEEN SINGLE AND LONELY I WANT A REAL MAN I AM HONEST LOVING CARING KIND HUMBLE AND DOWN TO EARTH AND I NEED SUCH MAN IN MY LIFE FOREVER I AM A WARM, CARING PERSON, WHO’S OUTGOING, HONEST, SENSITIVE, AND FAITHFUL LOOKING FOR THE MAN THAT WILL COMPLETE ME THAT WILL BE MY SUNSHINE IN THE DARK RAINY DAYS OF MY LIFE THAT WOULD NEVER LET ME DOWN AND I WILL NEVER LET HIM DOWN

I’ve heard that saying “Hi” to random people is a good place to start. I will try this today.

I want to feel connected with the world around me, and make more friends. I’m conflicted with going to college, since that’s where all the people my age go… For now, though, I want to think of where I can go to meet people. It’s easier for me to talk to individuals than it is to approach groups, and when they’re next to me or within my area of space.

“I just want some interesting people…”

Last year I was happy: good friends, meeting new people regularly, and in a good place in my head.

This year I’m not living that close to the people I was before and I’m at a new university, plus I don’t have time for a weekend job.
I haven’t become friends with anyone in any of my classes so far (this time last year I had formed close friends by now), and I’m not living in halls so can’t meet anyone new there.

I’ve always found it fairly easy to make friends – maybe I just happened to be in situations with people with similar intrests and didn’t realise how lucky I was? Where are the people who enjoy dinner parties, going to theatre, boardgames, art-shows, or just a relaxed coffee and a chat. It seems like everyone here just wants to do is go out and get drunk? I did try at the beginning – but if there’s no common ground it’s hard.

I need to put the effort in and try to meet new people. Try to talk to at least one new person a week maybe?

I either come off as arrogant or shy all the time. And I’m neither; I just don’t always like making small talk at 8 in the morning on an elevator when I’m trying to decide whether I want cream or 2% milk in my coffee.

I’m finding that the older I’m getting, the harder it is to meet new people. College made it so easy. Now I’m stuck in the office job, seeing the same faces daily, with my only opportunity to meet others being meeting my friends’ friends. And their friends.

I move a lot for my work (which I love), and often to countries where I don’t speak the language very well. Moving to a new place, or back to an old place, every six months makes it hard to keep hold of friends. And most of the good friends I have are doing the same thing: we are all scattered over the world trying to stay in contact via facebook. All of us have the same problem, that we find it hard to meet new friends in the new places we go to.

The city I’m living in at the moment is wonderful. I’ve been here 3 months and I love it – its got exciting cultural events going on, plenty of cools bars, cafes and restaurants, and beautiful parks and scenery to enjoy. But I know hardly anyone here so I’m really not taking advantage of it the way I should. I want to spend some time going out to these places with fun people, rather than on my own.

So I need a plan on how to make friends here, given that I don’t speak the language very well. I’ve met some people through my language class but they tend to be tourists who only stay here a few weeks, while I’m here a whole year. In the past in the US I’ve tried to take classes as a way of meeting people, but that never really worked. Should I try again here, maybe with a dance class or art class? Should I try and contact the English-speaking ex-pat community (who, in general, I find quiet obnoxious and right-wing) in the hope I’ll meet some more friendly people there?