It's easy to make friends in high school and college as you are surrounded by people your own age, many of whom have the same interest as you. To top it off, many college students live nearby and have spare time, meaning it's easy to gather together to play some video games or do whatever.
Now that I am out of college and am an adult, I am no longer around other people my own relative age with common interests as myself. All of my friends from college are either married and have no time to spare, busy with work, or live too far away to socialize with. The only people I am around now barely speak English or are just flat-out weirdos (I live in a cheap apartment comlpex, which may explain that). I've joined an organization pertaining to my hobby, but unfortunately, it is dominated by old men (baseball cards, coins, stamps, model trains, etc). Nearly all of the members are men aged 40 to 70. It's awkard to 'buddy-up' with a 60 year-old man who has already accomplished a spectacular career and is far more advanced in life than you. I don't remember ever feeling compelled to call my college friends 'sir'.
Most people go out drinking when they want to socialize, but that is not what interests me. I don't want to associate with people who hang out at bars or strip clubs, and I really don't want to make 'online' friends either. Besides, it's usually too loud to talk to people at bars. I've noticed churches are usually full of families or old people and not a great way to meet someone in the 25-35 age bracket who happens to have spare time to 'hang out'.
Hardley anyone attends my gym, and often I am the only person working out at the gym, so that rules that option out.
What are some good avenues for meeting people? Once I meet people, I have no problem being able to talk to them if they are cool, but my problem is that I have a hard time actually finding places where people go to socialize.
Now that I am out of college and am an adult, I am no longer around other people my own relative age with common interests as myself. All of my friends from college are either married and have no time to spare, busy with work, or live too far away to socialize with. The only people I am around now barely speak English or are just flat-out weirdos (I live in a cheap apartment comlpex, which may explain that). I've joined an organization pertaining to my hobby, but unfortunately, it is dominated by old men (baseball cards, coins, stamps, model trains, etc). Nearly all of the members are men aged 40 to 70. It's awkard to 'buddy-up' with a 60 year-old man who has already accomplished a spectacular career and is far more advanced in life than you. I don't remember ever feeling compelled to call my college friends 'sir'.
Most people go out drinking when they want to socialize, but that is not what interests me. I don't want to associate with people who hang out at bars or strip clubs, and I really don't want to make 'online' friends either. Besides, it's usually too loud to talk to people at bars. I've noticed churches are usually full of families or old people and not a great way to meet someone in the 25-35 age bracket who happens to have spare time to 'hang out'.
Hardley anyone attends my gym, and often I am the only person working out at the gym, so that rules that option out.
What are some good avenues for meeting people? Once I meet people, I have no problem being able to talk to them if they are cool, but my problem is that I have a hard time actually finding places where people go to socialize.