Friends

People generally meet friends through shared encounters, some of these encounters might involve mutual interests.

One way to find friends is to identify things that interest you and join a club or class to engage in a hobby or interest. Initially, many people find it easier to talk to other people about their interests as it takes the focus away from the person. Once you get to know a potential friend, you can suggest something to do related to your shared interests, e.g., a film, event, concert etc. You could introduce the idea of something by telling them about it and say you are considering going and wondering what it will be like/have they heard about it etc. 

Regarding texting, meeting up etc, I can only talk about my own experience of making friends as everyone is different and even within my own friendship group I communicate in different ways with each person. I usually meet up with my friends individually, each one once a week or longer apart. I first encountered most of these people when we were walking our dogs. The dogs got together first and after many encounters we became friends and meet for coffee/lunch etc. I have friends I met through uni years ago and we meet up to visit an exhibition, lecture or weekend away. Sometimes I suggest we do something and sometimes a friend would suggest something. 

People generally meet friends through shared encounters, some of these encounters might involve mutual interests.

One way to find friends is to identify things that interest you and join a club or class to engage in a hobby or interest. Initially, many people find it easier to talk to other people about their interests as it takes the focus away from the person. Once you get to know a potential friend, you can suggest something to do related to your shared interests, e.g., a film, event, concert etc. You could introduce the idea of something by telling them about it and say you are considering going and wondering what it will be like/have they heard about it etc. 

Regarding texting, meeting up etc, I can only talk about my own experience of making friends as everyone is different and even within my own friendship group I communicate in different ways with each person. I usually meet up with my friends individually, each one once a week or longer apart. I first encountered most of these people when we were walking our dogs. The dogs got together first and after many encounters we became friends and meet for coffee/lunch etc. I have friends I met through uni years ago and we meet up to visit an exhibition, lecture or weekend away. Sometimes I suggest we do something and sometimes a friend would suggest something.