Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, hope you are all well.
I am sure I am not alone on here about this issue, but to put it quite simply I am 32 years old and I have no friends in real life. I met a couple of people on Facebook many moons ago that I became particularly friendly with and got to know, so much so that we have each others postal address to send each other greeting cards, but apart from that we only communitate with each other on Facebook as one of them lives abroad and the other 200 miles away.
In real life, no matter how well I get on with people it never gets past the workmate or acquaitance stage. As a child, forming friendships was relatively easy and I had some very good friends in both primary and secondary school (no longer in touch unfortunately). But as an adult, I am finding forming friendships to be increasingly difficult.
Based on my own experiences, I think the older we get, the harder it can be to form friendships.Before I hit my forties, I had local friends that I had known for years, who I would see fairly frequently. When those friendships drifted apart, I found that my circle of close friends consisted solely of long-standing friends that I hardly ever got to see because they live too far away. Whilst I cherish those friendships, I do miss having friends that I can visit and spend a few hours with.Although there are neighbours that I am friendly with, I don't feel the same sense of connection that I experience with close friends. I have always found with the friendships I have developed that it's as though something just clicks into place, and the friendships feel natural and not forced.