Lonely, lack of girlfriends

[peonylove22]

I don't know if anyone is in a similar situation as me, but after my divorce and moving away, I have found that I have lost touch with friends and my friendship circle has massively reduced.

I have remarried and my DH is wonderful, but still I miss having lasting connections with close friends. Maybe it's also an age thing... Does anyone else feel like this?

Yes I feel the same unfortunately

Download the 'meetup' app and have a look at groups/gatherings in your area. I'm late 30a and have made some lovely new friends. We met via the app at a hobby and have since met up outside of the app, a quick walk during the week, nothing too heavy but its nice to have a few contacts to do something with. My DP works away during the week and majority of my longer term friends have kids/commitments so i wanted to widen my social circle. It's nice and relaxed, i can dip in and out of any events i see via meetup. Its shared interests and plenty of people to talk too

I'd recommend the bumble ap for friendships.

Meetup is good for groups and fun days out but sometimes that's all ppl in it want. Those on bumble are often more focused on forming one on one friendships from the offset. Meet ppl on bumble and then go to meetups with them maybe!

I feel the same. I've been a single parent for 10yrs. I have a small group of girl friends but at weekends they're all busy with their families so when my daughter is with her dad I often don't see anyone. I tried Internet dating on and off but heart's not in it but I do want companionship.

I think it's more about staying connected, and having a few close friends to chat to. Those are hard to come by. And yes when my kids are with their dad, those says are much harder

Agree @peonylove22 really hard to come by!
I often find myself reaching out to people I know with friendly chit chat and getting nothing back. I've given up 🤷‍♀️

I've joined all the apps
I found a nice group on meet-up and although I'm one of the youngest I still enjoy going and having a gossip and a laugh

I’m glad you’ve had some success in finding a nice group through meetup fedup078. Do you mind me asking what kind of group is it? Any sports based groups are out for me due to poor health but I’m wondering what else I could try.

@Mydoghealsmyheart
They do all sorts but it's mainly meeting for brunch / lunch / evenings meals