Very true. I think if I lived in a big, busy city things might be different, but living in a small town means there's not a lot of socialization outside of your close group of friends. I have made a few acquaintances in my baking class though, so I suppose that's a start

I don't bother to even try. At this point I'm married and have two little kids. My best friend is my wife, my only guy friend lives an hour away and has two kids as well. I interact with other adults constantly but have little desire to establish "new" friendships. And since I was a military brat I find it hard to associate with people that lived their whole life in one place. There's no time for socializing freely and no money for driving around and paying for every little thing. Helping kids with school, and after school activities is a chore. And any good parent will agree with this....you will never feel as though you've done enough. So much pressure to be the perfect parent, and then that pressure is put upon the child by the parent trying to be perfect. Who the hell has time to make friends?!?! The goal is to keep the children alive until they're 18. Then college...or whatever. Then make retirement and get an RV or something, and THEN you have time to make new friends that have also survived the gauntlet. And then die.

So no it's not just you, it's life. Now if you no longer want hot showers, and a roof over your head then dump everything and pick some mediocre excuse for a band to follow for a year. You'll probably meets lots of new people. But the adults prefer to make associates, play nicely by the rules, and enjoy our personal lives when life makes it convenient to do so. Friends are the people that are experiencing the same situations and decisions you are and can appreciate that you have no time to talk to them. That it's not that you don't want to. There simply is no time.

I don't struggle as much as I kind of gave up on friendshipping people haha. I know it's sad but, it's just how it is. It seems more to me that people try gaining respect of society more than befriending it so that kinda puts me in a pickle and a half. But for befriending people I try talking to them to set things off. Just kind of hard with lack of consistent interaction to befriend people. Cause in school, work or being a regular somewhere make it so that people can count on seeing you at certain places so interaction is constant. But going to Target constantly cause I love the conversate with some people there make me seem creepy and kind of hurt my chances haha.

I was actually awful at making friends until a few years ago. All through out middle school and high school I had one human friend and my dog. I struggled for a long time but I think most of the problem was I was terrified of showing who I really was to people. I adapted to that and became completely satisfied as a loner. I'm not a mean person, I just have a lot of walls.

But then a funny thing happened, I adapted so I was happy. I was happy so I was less concerned about what anyone thought of me. My guard was lowered and I found myself having causal conversations about video games, anime, and comic books with random people. I made one new friend which led to a very large group that I consider a second family now. i haven't had very much luck outside of that but I have more friends now then I ever did

Be a kid or a grandma/grandpa, I am very sociable.

I think it is easier, but thats when you have a small group of friends, where in high school "everyone" was a friend. As an adult you have more in common and easier to socialize with. Plus you basically can go anywhere you desire. Right now even though im just 21, Im attractingyoung teenagers and that needs to stop.

Its easier as child seeing as there is no such thing as judgement. I find it harder making friends cause I think I have a habit of labelling people way to quickly without getting to know them.

I do find it pretty easy to talk to people, but also a good percentage of the time people come up to me and start a conversation; the majority of time it involves my motorcycle. Like at a gasoline station, if I see a fellow rider with a sick bike I'll go up to him/ her and ask them if they ride the canyons or just enjoy group rides and vice versa. At the super market, if I see someone that has similar items that I'm purchasing or contemplating on purchasing I'll ask for their opinion on said item; with cute chicks, that's just a good opener lol

Motorcycles are awesome, so I could definitely see that being a good conversation starter. I do find having a pet makes talking to people easier. I have a pretty unusual dog, so people tend to approach me about that whenever I walk her or take her to a dog park. I can't imagine myself approaching a guy at a super market and talking to him about what he's buying, but then again, I guess I'm a little shy when it comes to the opposite sex. I do find it really easy to talk to people about their purchases when I'm at work though, but that's to make a sale and most of the male customers I get are buying for their wives or girlfriends lol

Yes, being an adult is hard and it is harder to make friends.

I kind of gave up too, but I hate the idea that I gave up. I just really enjoy meeting new people, but I'm finding that harder and harder to do. I was just thinking of how much time I spend in Target lol, but you can't really make friends there, though a lot of the cashiers know me by now :3

haha I feel weird just walking in there and getting something on such a casual demeanor.
"Hey Clint."
"More yu gi oh cards? Forget that man, go buy me some food. I'll even pitch in a dollar."
and such haha.

But it's an idea, going to the store and just discussing stuff with people. Although I will say that my favorite place to meet people so far has been Barnes & Nobles. Whether it's discussing the newest comics that come out, the manga, debating over stuff over some coffee at the indoor starbucks the place has or just goofing off with some friends there, that place will forever be one of my favorite places to go to. but on a realistic note I only made an acquaintance there. It's all good though, the random conversations there with random people are entertaining enough.

Yepp.. I think its more complicated.
All that awful problems adults have... downright disgusting...

Whenever I go into Barnes & Nobles there aren't any other people in the comic/manga section I think it's just where I live though, there aren't that many anime/manga lovers here, sadly. The people at Starbucks know me though because I usually go there on my way to work :p Oh, and the guy at my sushi place has memorized my order, so I guess that's a start lol. I think I just need to move to a bigger city. There aren't a lot of opportunities to meet people where I live pretty much just because it's a smaller place.

I used to think that too but then the more steadily I went, the more people I saw. You never know, maybe there are but just aren't out of the closet with it yet. man I love sushi but am too poor to consistently go, but one day. One day I will reach the legendary status of "Regular". And unless god forbid, maybe even "Super-Regular". Eh I understand, living in the suburbs that I do, I go out of my way to go to the slightly more populated surrounding cities. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." And the entertainment of social company never ceases the amaze me. And if all else fails, there's always online forums like this one.