I hear you about being a bit lonely. I have a lot of friends but they are mostly married or they have a large circle of friends so they aren't always available for the movies or whatever. A few have kids but thankfully not all of them. I'm a divorced, atheist, vegan, liberal, feminist, non-drinker, child-free 45 year old. I'm surprisingly quiet about all of those thing when with friends who aren't the same. Thankfully I'm not 100% weird for this area and I'm thinking I'll only really fit in here, even if the wet weather almost kills me. I've gone to a few classes over the years trying to find some new people to spend time with and I'm outgoing but it takes a two way street to make a friendship happen. Seattle is notorious for the "Seattle freeze" and I feel it.
I've been thinking about leaving the area but starting over completely, while single with no one to come with me, is keeping me in place for now.
Keep going to a class you find that you enjoy. I've also done a meet-up and while I didn't find someone to go to the movies with it was nice to meet others who think about some things the way I do. I also volunteer every Sunday at a cat rescue and while I don't hang out with any of the others outside of that I do enjoy their company. Maybe find something like that?
ETA: I've decided to take a huge roadtrip this fall and will mostly be driving by myself. I'm hopeful a friend will join me for part of it but I can't count on that. I'm meeting people along the way that I know but it will be almost 4000 of driving. I'm tired of waiting for company to travel with, I'm doing this on my own if I have to. I've become much more self sufficient and independent since my divorce. I mostly like it but occasionally, like this roadtrip, it would be good to have company.
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Jen
"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce
I've been thinking about leaving the area but starting over completely, while single with no one to come with me, is keeping me in place for now.
Keep going to a class you find that you enjoy. I've also done a meet-up and while I didn't find someone to go to the movies with it was nice to meet others who think about some things the way I do. I also volunteer every Sunday at a cat rescue and while I don't hang out with any of the others outside of that I do enjoy their company. Maybe find something like that?
ETA: I've decided to take a huge roadtrip this fall and will mostly be driving by myself. I'm hopeful a friend will join me for part of it but I can't count on that. I'm meeting people along the way that I know but it will be almost 4000 of driving. I'm tired of waiting for company to travel with, I'm doing this on my own if I have to. I've become much more self sufficient and independent since my divorce. I mostly like it but occasionally, like this roadtrip, it would be good to have company.
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Jen
"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce