I’ve never really had childhood friends since I moved a lot, and I certainly don’t have a huge circle of friends. I think the largest group I had was maybe a group of 4 during my early 20s. Anyway, fast forward to today– I’m 27 and have literally one friend. My best friend of almost 10 years, whom I met through a mental health wellness program. I have roommates who I sometimes hang out with, but I don’t really see them as “friends.” I’m 3 years from my 30s and deathly afraid I will be alone over the next 30+ years of my life. I’m highly sociable and have always regretted the fact I didn’t have a huge circle of friends like some people seem to easily have. I’ve been able to manage regardless of this with a circle of 1-5 friends, but I don’t know how I would manage with none or just one over decades…
How would I even go about making friends at this stage of my life? I feel like it’s not as simple as it was during my teenage years and early 20s. I’m not exposed to as many people or invited to different social gatherings like parties anymore. Most of my peers are at the stage of building a family or career. How did you manage to make friends at 30?