Saturday night loneliness

[crochetmonkey74]

Anyone else get this? I'm single and dating, happyish. Kind of throwing myself into work which I am enjoying but I feel like I have no life. My friends have got out of the habit of going out so although I love them dearly, they are not really helping me have a good social life. Have tried a few things to make new friends , exercise and joined a choir but these are a little too early for my friendships to have really developed yet. Can anyone relate?

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I feel you! I’d love to be able to pop to the pub with someone or just chill out with a coffee and a natter. My friends will go out but a combo of them being skint, 25 miles away and all coupled up means things have to be arranged to the nth degree and doesn’t happen as often as I’d like. I don’t know what advice to offer because I’m in the same situation. I’m generally happy in my own company but god it’s so hard to make new friends!

Yup, same! I'm happy in my own company most of the time, but I find Saturday nights and bank holidays bloody hard. My friends are coupled up with kids so I don't have anyone I can just pop out with.

I'm a really sociable person, but I have a very small circle of close friends and it's hard to expand that as you get older. Can't really say to new adults "wanna hang out at the weekend?".

Are there friend dating websites?!

I have no friends. My only female chums are my work mates, and I don’t see them out of work.

Me too. Weekends are the worst. I am not dating and my friends are married/in committed relationships. I am late 50s but have two small children in the house (I foster) so going out isn't easy anyway as I live in the sticks and my only babysitter is my DD who lives 90 minutes away.

I think my only option is to keep going to things and hope it takes off. I've considered voluntary work too, and hopefully people will want to socialise again soon. Might try the meetup app