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how to make new friends

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  • #32
    iamlegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭iamlegend


    Try Gumtree.ie......there are some normal people in there.


  • #33
    digitally-yours
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭digitally-yours


    I don't think you have a problem finding friends you have problem keeping them :)

    what i mean is that you had friends in past but they are not around.

    I have spend weekends alone.
    some time you need to accept life as it is and then try to change it.

    I am sure there are loads of people on boards who are in same circumstances as you.

    Try dating websites to make friends and then who knows where it might take you.


  • #34
    bostonian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭bostonian


    the net isn't my bag for meeting people- i'd much rather go take salsa lessons on singles night or something. anything "singles night" is always good craic, like the speed dating mentioned before.

    what do you like to do? find a group of ppl who do anything you like and join or hang out, then just be talkative or inquisitive.


  • #35
    MattKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭MattKid


    You really do have to put yourself out there and make 'what can often seem like enormous effort' I moved over here last April and because I work from home, I don't have friends from work. I seem to get talking to tourists on nights out which doesn't help increase the social circle but it's better than standing alone for the evening. you just got to keep trying and looking for oportunities.

    The dark nights are helping much either.

    You're not the only one out there, chin up


  • #36
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    I'm in the same boat at the moment. I'm 28 and most of my school
    friends have settled down with girlfriends but I'm still single. I've
    lost touch with my college friends and making new friends is very
    tough because I'm a quiet person. Not shy, just AWFUL at small talk to
    the point where it feels like this major blocking factor.

    Losing touch with some of these people was my own fault. My health was
    pretty poor for a while and I didn't handle it well.

    I explained this to my closest friends and since, I've tried renewing
    contact with them as much as possible but they have lives. Likewise I
    work as a developer on a small company and everyone here is a bit
    older and again, has their own lives. We're outside of Dublin city so
    there isn't much openings for pints after work when you need to drive.

    I'll have to look into the club and volunteer thing. I've joined the
    gym but I haven't met anyone through that so far. I'm also planning on
    living in a shared house so I at least have some flatmates to talk to
    as opposed to reading or playing videogames when I get home from work.


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  • #37
    Clare Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭Clare Bear


    james123 wrote:
    Have the exact same problem living in citywest same age and everything give me a PM if you come up with any ideas

    Beers in the Longstone on Friday night (it's in the Events forum), come to that?


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