Making Adult Friends

Find a meetup on meetup.com. It doesn't have to be something you care too much about, it can be a singles meetup, some sport you know how to play, book club, etc. A lot of people are there mostly to do social stuff. Think of it as a way to meet people, but you have to work on deepening the friendships by asking them to do other stuff outside of the meetup after talking to them a few times.

Meet ups. Hobby clubs (chess, cycling, etc.). User groups (Linux, Mac, Python, etc.). Take some lessons for a sport. Take a fitness class. Art classes. Group music lessons. Volunteer for non-profits. Find a local artist group, a local woodworking group. Local business groups like a chamber of commerce.Basically, find anything which interests you that places you in a context where you bump into the same group of people regularly. From that, connections with develop.For many, the biggest cha

I missed the boat on that too. I'm your age but I know that it's possible to meet people, it just takes some real effort.I made a new friend at a hackathon recently. Since you're here on hacker news you could try attending events such as programming meetups, hackathons, tech workshops, conventions etc. It's easier to bond when there are mutual interests.Otherwise try joining some sports related club, e.g. a local gymnastics or football club or even just a jogging group.

Logically, I'd think try to meet people. Meetup.com is a great start!

I guess it depends on your interests, but I'd suggest going to meetups centered around activities that necessitate or strongly encourage socializing. I go to meetups to speak a different language, and I tend to make pretty good friends at those since the meetups typically revolve around just getting a meal and talking with everybody about life.Aside from that, maybe you could try taking up a hobby you didn't think you'd be interested in? Pretty much any reasonably sized city se

I don’t know what your particular interests are, but my suggestion would be to try to find some in-person group activities that align with something you are interested in. Take an art class at a community college, join a group for hikes/bike rides/sports, etc. I think this can be a low pressure way to meet a lot of people who you might at least have one or two things in common with. Casual acquaintances like this may or may not become the starting point for more “real” friendships but

Every time I've asked this myself (not here) or read/heard others asking this, the advice boils down to the following:- Play casual/board games- Play D&D/Magic the Gathering/niche games- Play music (jam session, open mic, practice/learning)- Play sports (league, informal, professional, up to you)The above set requires that 1) you be interested or become interested in those activities; 2) you are able and willing to find others to do it with you, w

Find some hobby that involves getting together with people. I'm not even saying it has to force friendships, just something that starts in a group. Anything from martial arts to book club will do. Tech meetups may be interesting - if you give a talk, there's always going to be someone to chat with afterwards.Basically don't force it. If you're in places where you're surrounded by people, you're going to meet some of them better, whether you want it or not :)

Go to meetup.com. Find a weekly meetup in your area that matches one of your interests (or start one). Go to that meetup every week. Within a couple months you'll be friends with the regulars. I've done this in two cities and I'm still long distance friends with the people I met in the first city. It only takes a couple hours per week and for your mental health you should be getting out for social activities anyway. Go do it now, you'll be happy that you did.

Honestly, try meetup.com, find something you enjoy doing and go do it with other people. Worst case you do something you enjoy doing. Best case you meet people who also enjoy that thing.