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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There’s also group activities where you can meet friends of friends who are single. Baseball games, concerts, weddings, camping trips etc.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My friends have mostly moved, the ones that are still here we chill when we can but we're all adults with lives and known each other for years, not many new faces usually.

[–] mynachmadarch@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

It can be a little bit of a pain making new friends as an adult, but it's totally doable. If you make yourself available you'll find em. I found what works for me (30s dude) is to just ask. A friend complaining about having to go to a cousin's wedding? Just ask if you can join and try to make it fun. Then just start listening to conversations and joining in. Doing that I met one guy who does music production on the side for local bands and because of one comment we got talking about AI (something I've done some small work with) and how I thought it would impact him in the near future. He reached out through a mutual acquaintance to get my number and is planning to now invite me to his wedding next year.

I've got more examples but feel I'm rambling. My friend group had majorly shrunk when I moved two ish years ago and I just went through it. Even adults with kids like friends and can become good ones.