I feel like a lot of these answers are directed towards American culture which is going up to someone random, striking conversation and being like ‘let’s get coffee sometime!’. This is not really as socially acceptable in England no one does this.
I understand the going to the same places over and over, seeing the same people and talking to them. I do this at the gym and I am acquainted/friendly with so many people at my gym, but they’re all men (I’m a woman) and I want more female friends and there are no women at my gym at the time I go. I don’t really want to be friends outside of gym with most of them because they’re either old enough to be my dad or younger than me, plus they would definitely get the wrong idea unfortunately.
People say on these post’s ‘go to hobby clubs / social clubs!’ they just don’t exist around me, again i think thats more of an American thing and if they do exist its mainly older women which I don’t have a problem with, I love interacting with all ages but I want a small group of girl-friends who I can go out with.
I don’t post on social media and I think that definitely holds you back from opening up old connections with old school friends.
Any tips on making friends please I would appreciate it a lot. This post sounds complainy but I just find that when i search about this its very American culture centred.