el Jay
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As it's key to this thread: I'll be 28 in less than a month.
I've had a lot of trouble making lasting friends my whole life, but lately it really seems to be catching up to me.
I can't really meet people to fulfill this criteria at college, because most of them are 6-8 years younger than me. Not that they don't count as friends (although I still have trouble with that), but it's still not quite the same.
I don't really know of anywhere I can look to find people with similar interests. I'm a gamer, so I tend to look for people who are also into games, but I just don't know where to look. I can find friends easily enough on forums, and have for several years, but I'm no longer satisfied with that. My only actual friend (who started out as an online friend) is an hour away, which makes actually doing anything cumbersome.
Not really sure what exactly I'd be looking for, or where, except people that share my interests. Where would be a good place to look? Some of the friends I know online have groups that get together for gaming, or D&D stuff, but as with a lot of things, they just either evolved into or fell into such groups, without having actively searched. Are there any networking sites that would help someone find people like that?
My grandfather recently died, and he was one of my closest (and only) friends for years. So I guess I'm feeling much more lonely than I used to be, and getting a bit more desperate to actually find people to be involved in my life. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
I've had a lot of trouble making lasting friends my whole life, but lately it really seems to be catching up to me.
I can't really meet people to fulfill this criteria at college, because most of them are 6-8 years younger than me. Not that they don't count as friends (although I still have trouble with that), but it's still not quite the same.
I don't really know of anywhere I can look to find people with similar interests. I'm a gamer, so I tend to look for people who are also into games, but I just don't know where to look. I can find friends easily enough on forums, and have for several years, but I'm no longer satisfied with that. My only actual friend (who started out as an online friend) is an hour away, which makes actually doing anything cumbersome.
Not really sure what exactly I'd be looking for, or where, except people that share my interests. Where would be a good place to look? Some of the friends I know online have groups that get together for gaming, or D&D stuff, but as with a lot of things, they just either evolved into or fell into such groups, without having actively searched. Are there any networking sites that would help someone find people like that?
My grandfather recently died, and he was one of my closest (and only) friends for years. So I guess I'm feeling much more lonely than I used to be, and getting a bit more desperate to actually find people to be involved in my life. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.