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Miss mixed friendship groups

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Phoenixxx · 01/01/2020 18:02

I have 2 male friends, one is a good friend and another i'd call more of a 'casual' friend who's useless at replying and who I see every couple of months.

I'm still only 28 but I miss the way things were when I was younger. As a student both for undergrad and Masters, got to meet a variety of both men and women and it was a better dynamic, also easier to meet guys to date.

My friends are setting down now and see them once a month or some every 2-3 months. I miss the days when people had house parties or we went on nights out.

It sounds very shallow but I cant even be bothered getting glammed up anymore as it's just with friends and i'm less bothered what I look like.

I'm in a running club and the people are lovely, but majority are a couple of decades older and/or married.

I do a Zumba class too but otherwise I have no time for anything with having two jobs.

I hate having to rely on OLD even though there are some nice people on there, and I miss the way things used to be.

We are only 28/29 and I just feel a bit fed up. I'm not a drinker at all, just want a different dynamic of people and some more excitement.

Just a bit of a rant really.

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Phoenixxx · 01/01/2020 18:04

I just feel (and many others probably do) like I knew a lot more people when I was younger. We used to all annually go out on a Christmas Eve pub crawl and it was great to see people you knew from down, put yourself out there, but this year my group of friends all stayed in.

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user1481840227 · 01/01/2020 18:29

That's just life really.
People settle down and don't go out as much. Friendships between people of the opposite sex tend to be less 'friendly' and certainly not as playful.

Phoenixxx · 01/01/2020 18:32

True. It's just a shame it happens so early ! I'm not 70. My married friends spend most of their time with their partners but when you're single it's very different. I ended up sat in on NYE too. Just a bit fed up.

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Phoenixxx · 01/01/2020 18:35

Gonna sound stupid but I miss that excitement of going to a party with friends and a guy you like being there, and again just generally getting to know a wider group of people. Really not keen on OLD.

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Myyearmytime · 01/01/2020 21:00

Have a look on Facebook for social group or singles groups.
Join and fond new mates

Phoenixxx · 01/01/2020 21:47

Thank you that's a great idea :)

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