I think it’s fair to say you’ll have sufficient opportunities to make friends, not necessarily that all of them will be how we expect them to be. Looking is important, making friends with people that have friends can help quite a lot too. Being in the right space of mind to be a good and caring friend will take you far, although our experience may vary.

My twenties didn’t go quite how I thought they would when I was younger, but I still spent the time I had in ways that mattered to me.

Sometimes where we are isn’t the right place for us to grow. Sometimes it’s the people we’re allowing into our lives be a good or bad influence on us. Sometimes it’s our coping mechanisms that push the people that care away.

I feel that meeting the people that our right for us often means putting yourself out there and being a bit uncomfortable in a new space. That can be in the form of joining a D&D group, a running club, a book club, friend finding websites/apps, or even having penpals.

One of my best friends meets new people every day hosting Partiful events. He’s sending them out to acquaintances, and seeing how many people show up even for the most mundane things. The act of friendship can be one-sided quite a bit at first, I feel, where you’re often the one perusing the friendships or hosting events, but occasionally you’ll meet the right people and things will click into place.

One friend can often be how you make other friends, since they may invite you to events with some of their other friends and those friends’ friends.