Anyone on here have many friends?

[Benny91]

As me and my partner at age 33 don’t have any if at all, just work colleagues.

Do you have many friends if at all?

And how did you meet those friendss?

I do but I met a lot of my friends that I see day to day through my children and being on the school run. If i didn’t have children (not sure if you do or not) then I would have my old school and Uni friends but wouldn’t see them often as we live far away from each other . I know it sounds cliché but clubs are a great way to meet new friends if you want to- choir, running clubs , book clubs etc

I met mine at school, through toddler groups, various gyms, on holidays and two of my many cousins are good friends too.

I know, it’s quite depressing tbh!

Not loads, and I've lost loads along the way, but enough.
I seem good at making friends. Keeping them however....

I have a total of 4 friends which is perfect for me. Some I went to school with some I have met through hobbies

I have a couple of close friends which is more important to me then loads of friends that I'm not actually close to.

Yes, I have a lot of friends. Not sure exactly how many as I have never counted them. I have met them through school, studies, hobbies and work.

I've got about three close friends and we don't get to see each other for months sometimes. It's fine when we do, we realise it's hard to find time..and the energy. Most evenings I just want to be a slob indoors. Such an effort, and a costly one, to organise events.

DH and I both have small but very tight circles.

DH’s circle consists of one bloke he met initially through work, but they became best friends. That guy is literally like part of our family now. My kids call him Uncle Firstname.

The woman who I consider my best friend is the same - we met through work, quickly became friends and have stayed very close for the past 15 years. My DCs call her Aunty Firstname and are closer to her than actual biological aunties.

DH has one close friend he’s known since high school, and another from university.

I’ve got a couple of other close friends, one I met at my workplace (she didn’t work there) and it turned out we had DCs the same age, we got together with the DCs and the friendship just developed from there.
Another of my close friends we just met by chance and clicked - right place right time kind of situation.

Yes, I have lots of friends and count myself very lucky. I do put quite a lot of effort into keeping in touch and maintaining those relationships though.

I have 4 close friends from school, 2 who live near me, 1 several hours away and 1 in another country. We message frequently and meet up a few times a year. I am godparent to two of their children.

I have made lots of friends through work who are much more than just colleagues. 3 of my closest friends are all former colleagues who have moved away. Again, we keep in touch and get together for weekends several times a year.

On a day to day basis, I socialise with friends from work and also friends whom I’ve met through various hobbies and through my children.

As I get older, I find that there are times when I feel that my social battery is a bit flat and need some time on my own, but I’m very much a social animal at heart.

I have 4 friends that I keep in touch with often, but see infrequently.
I think for many of us, this is a sign of the times we live in unfortunately.

I met two through my work, and one through my DH's work, and one when I helped out at church for a while.

Genuine question why have you and your partner got no friends

5 to 6 op my circle quite small. 2 are from jobs 1 school run rest are school. In school job now met few nice girls there. Hard in your 50s find people want sit in!

Lots.
School (primary, secondary, college), several from hobbies, ante natal, post natal, primary school mums, work (a handful over a long period), friends of friends, wives of DH's friends.
I actually consider myself a socially awkward person, I have no idea what's happened!

I met a lovely friend from Aqua aerobics a couple of years ago and another good friend on holiday three years ago, i am 56.

i found mid 30’s true drought friends period and then it picked up.

Thats great FastTurtle. Its like they keen to meet but nobody follows it up. I have a good friend she great for musicals cinema etc so she great for these nights out

None.

A fair amount, of varying degrees of ‘depth’, iyswim. Old school and college friends, former work colleagues turned friends, fellow young farmers through the years, the WAGs of my husband’s friends (admittedly only some of them!), baby group/preschool mum friends…

I will occasionally meet with 2 ladies I worked with a few years ago, but apart from that I have none

I made friends from various jobs, from volunteering and from primary school events.
I tend to see people 1:1, occasionally in a small group. My family is small and isn’t close, I make an effort with friends.

Same here.

We have loads of friends. Some from school, some from people we used to hang out with in our late teens in local bars, some from uni, some from baby groups, some from the kids’ schools, some from hobbies - the gym for me, a cycling club for my husband.

I think it’s odd not to have friends, if I’m honest. It’s pretty hard to avoid them as you go through life.

We have a few friends which we made 6 years ago when we did NCT classes when we had DC1. And I have 1 friend I’ve known about 16 years and another I worked with in my last job who I’ve stayed in touch with.
I don’t have school, college or uni friends like a lot of people do.
DH doesn’t have any friends he sees either.
I don’t think it’s that odd or rare, most people these days are very busy and can anyone really afford regular socialising? Aren’t we just all on social media more than anything!