Making friends as an adult

[Rottie454]

How do people meet new people and make friends as an adult? My friends now have babies and I rarely get time to see them. I've tried Bumble and Vina and various other apps but I either don't get a reply back or I get a few and then never hear from them again. I don't have the money to join classes and meet people through that so I'm at a loss :(

Honestly, through work or friends of friends...I don’t think classes actually work in making friends when older. I think true friendships are slow boils and take time. Not to say you can’t fill your time with classes and app meet ups though

There is a new girl at my work who sits opposite me and we get on really well but I'm unsure though if I should ask her if she wants to do something as she might not want to be a friend like that

Ramblers is free and a good way to meet people. Especially if there’s a 30-50s group near you.

Parkrun is also free.

No advice, but I nearly posted a similar question the other day. I've recently moved and I just don't know how to make friends! Fear of rejection is a big thing for me, so I can chat to people at the school drop off etc but don't know how/when to take it beyond that.

Of course you should ask your colleague! She can always say no.

Mostly through church and work, some are friends or friends too.

I invite people to social stuff a lot, as I decided I needed to get over myself and just ask them. I used to kind of hope they would ask me or overthink it.

Also, things like offering to help a lot. So a colleague moved house and was talking about how she was painting the new place, so I offered to help. We became friends though that. Things like that.

We've moved a lot over the years, for job changes, I've never had any problems about making friends but I am quite confident & have no embarrassment about joining groups, committees, volunteering etc. That way you immediately meet like minded people. I am also involved with national organisations so it is easy to transfer to local groups. I always read local papers & look at notice boards to find out what is going on locally (that is probably old fashioned, there will be a Social media equivalent if you are tech savvy ). Even when we just rented for 3 months I found a project to get involved in & made some lovely friends.
But I do recognise that this takes confidence & not everyone feels the same.

Couldn't agree more about offering to help people, when I last moved I saw a notice asking for help with a jumble sale, I phoned the number on the poster & had a lovely chat with the organiser, when I mentioned I was new to the area she immediately invited me to coffee & invited some other friends to meet me, seven years later we are still running jumble sales for the local community and a large friendship circle has evolved.

I've never had any trouble making friends.
Mostly mum friends from school.

When you click with someone, you just click with someone.

Look for a suitable WI. Not the nearest, but the one that suits you best as they are all different.