National Make a Friend Day: Is This the Secret to Making Friends as an Adult?

Happy National Make a Friend Day!  When was the last time YOU made a new one? 

A poll last fall found 39% of Americans hadn’t made a new friend in over a year.

Someone asked Reddit for advice.  And the comment that got the most up votes was to find a place where you’ll see potential friends REGULARLY.

In other words, don’t expect to meet someone once, immediately hit it off, and become best buds overnight.  It takes time.

Find something you’re into, and keep going back.  It could be a coffee shop, a sewing circle, pickleball, or even church.  It just needs to be something you’re into, where you’ll keep seeing the same people over and over again.

After a while, invite them to do something OUTSIDE the place you know them from.  That’s how friendships start.

It’s half the reason we become friends with coworkers . . . we just see them a lot.  But that’s happening less now that everyone works from home.  So you have to create those scenarios yourself. 

(Reddit)