My friend of almost 20 years is moving across country in a few years. It’s got me thinking how many posts I see on here about posters having trouble making new friends.
I do have other friends but they have mostly moved away too. I just couldn’t seem to make any meaningful friends ever the school gates. I have two junior age kids, one secondary and one just got A level results.
I have two voluntary roles which again hasn’t gained me any new friends. I have a hobby which actually I can say that it feels like I’m in the company of friends weekly. I also go walking with the mums at my sons secondary school most weeks. So I’m not really lonely but I do struggle to make friends beyound acquaintances. I joined peanut hoping that it’s clear that people are on there to make friends but despite contacting over 20 people nothing has come from that either. I try to arrange coffee mornings with parents from school, but that’s either got a Luke warm response at best, and at worse it’s left me feeling like I have mortality offered two parents ( one where I set up a new pta and another mum told me that I wasn’t welcome and took it over). This hasn’t helped me self esteem trying to be proactive. I also went to a few social things at my sons SEN school, but that fizzled out. I keep suggesting meet ups but no one replies. Even when I replied to a similar post on here a few weeks ago I got no reply to someone looking for a pen friend type friendship.
so now I’m worried that when my friend moves I’m going feel more lonely.
I live in a town outside of Guildford and was wondering if there was anyone near Guildford who is loooking for more friends or a group of friends to have catch ups with?