How do I make friends without the option of meeting people through work?

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1. Hobbies

2. Thank you for your service. Have you tried using Reddit to make friends?

3. VFW? Or comparable non-American equivalent?

4. Family / Childhood Friends > Work Friends > Neighbor Friends > Church Friends > Hobby Friends > Internet Friends

5. Over here in Australia, we have things called “men’s sheds” which are exactly what they sound like – they do things like wood-work, mechanics, restoring farm/ military equipment etc. – perhaps there’s something like that near you that you could get involved in?

6. Have you tried Meetup.com? You’ll find a lot of groups for various interests on there. Just look for one that matches your hobbies/interests, and you should be able to meet new people in no time

7. Yes, ask us, The league of lonely depressed men using reddit, how to make friends…

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8. Join a group of interest, surrounding a hobby or a purpose (e.g. voluntary work). Attend regularly, do your best and enjoy yourself

9. Go to the pub.

10. Volunteer.

    The church my wife and I go to is hard core into volunteer work. Other churches, less so.

    “Work” as in hard manual labor roofing for habitat for humanity is probably out but “work” as in pack boxes for donations is probably doable in some form. Don’t have to be the guy stacking heavy stuff, someone puts a flyer in each box and that’s one single sheet of paper at a time, someone else wraps tape on the box, someone else folds boxes to be filled, you get the idea.