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need new friends

  • 23-04-2011 1:54pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    hey.. am getting really down and depressed because all my friends seem to be either going travelling or setteling down and im stuck at home every weekend with nowere to go am 24 i shud be out haveing fun am dreading this summer with festvals and hot weather i have no1 to enjoy it with!!!any ideas not really the club joining person so how do u make new friends in dublin??


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  • #2
    johnboysligo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 388 ✭✭johnboysligo


    I would recommend you give the idea of joining a club a second look. You might say you are not the club joining / activity driven person that has all the drive in the world to gain new skills but really you are joining for the chance to meet people the skills part is a lot less important (although that is a major part don't try anything you are extremely uncomfortable with)

    Asides from that maybe you could just try something like meetup.com just find some sort of subject that interests you try it out.
    You could also try just browsing your friends of friends on facebook looking for similar interests send them a message "I saw you like blah blah and how do you know blah blah I know him/her/it though blah blah" try to get to know them might help you make a few new friends.

    I wouldn't recommend any dating sites because well at the end of the day you cant always be 100% certain you will attract the people you want i.e. people only interested in friendship


  • #3
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    I hear you, OP! ALL my friends have emigrated and I'm stuck here finishing my studies. It blows.

    I've had to really push myself to go to groups and stuff. Meetup.com is really good for that. I know you say you're not a 'joiner' but once you finish college, you have to make an effort or you'd never meet anyone. You don't get thrown into the "we're all new together, have to make friends!" situation ever again. Thing about meetup is that it's pretty specific, so you can search for things that really interest you, as opposed to just something random.

    If you're into music, in the music board here there is a thread for people looking for gig buddies.

    Most boards here will have pub nights every now and again. You could perhaps go along to one of them?

    Trust me when I say I know what it's like. It's horrible to know you have no-one to go do fun stuff with. But that won't change unless you force yourself out into the world. It's scary, but if you make 1 new friend I guess it's worth it, eh?


  • #4
    karaokeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    Hey, I'm always up for meeting new friends.

    I'm a 19-year old lad but I'm not really part of any social circle myself.

    Would it be ok if I could organise a meet-up with you when I'm in Dublin sometime?

    I have many friends I could introduce you to here and there.

    Tell me if your interested and I will send you an email address so we can organise something.

    I wouldn't really recommend meeting/dating websites because most of the time those things are scams. People just go to make friends and they end up meeting someone whose only trying to take advantage.


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