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I just don't get out. I work all afternoon and evening, which makes getting together with my high school friends difficult. That and they are pretty well spread out in college. I only talk to the people at work, or take my siblings with me when I have a little spare time (My sister's are 7 and 10 years younger than me)
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kursed10 wrote:
I just don't get out. I work all afternoon and evening, which makes getting together with my high school friends difficult. That and they are pretty well spread out in college. I only talk to the people at work, or take my siblings with me when I have a little spare time (My sister's are 7 and 10 years younger than me)
It is difficult when you don't have free time during the later part of the day. I work second and third shift, which eats up my nights and afternoons. I went out for the first time in about a year last night. I ended up running into a bunch of my old friends. A lot happens when you don't see people for a couple years. If you have a chance to go out you should take it. Even if it's by yourself because you might end up seeing old friends or making some new ones.
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I wish I could contribute more to this thread, but I'm only 19 and I still meet the majority of the people I know in classes. I don't go to bars or places like that.
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DetectiveAlex wrote:
I wish I could contribute more to this thread, but I'm only 19 and I still meet the majority of the people I know in classes. I don't go to bars or places like that.
Dont worry about it i am 26 and i never go to the bar. I normaly drink with diner, or at home lol. I met some great people at school, and work. but so far not many friendships have stuck.
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It's weird but I made friends much easier as an adult. Everyone is more mature and more excepting of who you are! I made many more friends AFTER I graduated from high school  |
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Mostly it´s my old friends that make up the core of my circle of friends.
Co-workers tend to, atleast for me, stay just co-workers.
Then we have the rpg group, those guys I see top every other week since most have kids and/or other things in life that needs to get done.
Come to think of it, I tend to have easier socializing with people from other parts of the world... wonder why.
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One thing that makes it harder to make new friends as an adult is that you're not exposed to a large social setting like school/college. i found it much easier while i was still in school to meet new people (and in the case of college, much easier to hang out with them since i lived on campus.)
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Bedlam wrote:
One thing that makes it harder to make new friends as an adult is that you're not exposed to a large social setting like school/college. i found it much easier while i was still in school to meet new people (and in the case of college, much easier to hang out with them since i lived on campus.)
Genius. Listen to this man people, errr.... and space aliens.
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College was easy to meet people, now that I work day in and day out I tend to only see the people I kept in touch with over the years. I talk to people at work but I wouldnt call them friends.
But making friends comes down to if you will venture out of your house at all. That and if your willing to talk to people.
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For me, it is. I haven't really made any new friends. But then again, it's because I'm a loner
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Though I'm not at all an adult, I'm still aging like everyone else and I've noticed my change in how I find friends. When I was much younger, I would go, "HI MY NAME'S FLUFFY! BUT YOU CAN CALL ME FLUFF! WANNA BE FRIENDS?" And I soon had all the bro-hams I would ever need in elementary school. Only....5? Yeah only about 5 stuck up to now (Thank goodness) and I see that people want to be my friend-more than I want since I need to get my grades up, not my social status-and my personality has switched to If I don't know you, I'm gunna act shy around you. I will not talk unless you ask a question and I will not respond if I don't feel like I have to. I still stay the same LOUD ASS CRAZY KID ON CANDY but only with people I know and trust.
So...Guess your personal space 'friend wise' gets smaller as you get older. You start to see the more negative side of the world and not just cake and flying pigs. Trust can get in the way of new friendship, depending on how much you have. Wait...I might be wrong...
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Well, it's a lot easier to get along as an adult because people grow up and become more mature, or more humble.
In school everyone just wants to be cool and only hang out with those who are their own kind...
(exp. jocks, geeks, rockers, gangsters/wannabes)
Plus immaturity makes some kids treat others very badly, or even cruelly as they don't know what they do.
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I would hope not, I already have trouble incorporating myself into new friend groups just because everyone is so clicky and reserved.
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I personally don't think its harder to make friends as an adult. I notice that I choose my friends a lot wiser now than I did when I was in high school or younger. I still have some friends that I've known since elementary school or high school, but I've met a lot good friends through college.
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forever alone!
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