is it possible to make friends in later life?

Question

I only have one friend and need to go out and meet new people is it possible at 23 to still make friends as im pretty lonely at the mo. Also if you have been successful in meeting/making friends where is the best places to go/join

Answer 1

oh my you are not at the "later in life " stage and yes you really can make new friends. get a job in a bar at night and you will instantly make friends, join a amaeteur dramatic group, you can help backstage if your shy, try college, art class. first aid, car maintenance, scour your local papers for ideas and keep trying it will pay off,
oh just thought try the lonely hearts that may help

Answer 2

If 23 is "later life", at 44 I should be dead and buried long since! Do you have work/college people around you? Loneliness is a bad place to be - believe me - I've been there. You're making a step just by being on here! Try all the usual stuff - gym, dance classes etc...they might just work for you. Talk to neighbours, local shop people. They tell me that dog walking is a great way to make friends. Beg, borrow or steal a dog. (well, maybe not steal, unless you want to make friends with the local police). Find out if you have a local amateur dramatics company - doesn't mean you have to be on-stage. There's much more to be done back stage! It worked for me! If you feel really isolated, look in your Doctor's office - there will almost certainly be notices there of support groups for others in your position.

Answer 3

What on earth are you worried about. You said in later life and here is me at 76 still making friends with both ladies,bless them, and chapsand you are only 23.You have got years of meeting people and making friends ahead of you.Join clubs that cater for things you are interested in.do you like dramatics and acting or helping to put on a stage show. Do you like gardening? Do you like reading? Could you help out at a local old persons home? These are all places you can meet people and make friends which in turn lead to a much wider experience of the community around you..

Answer 4

I'm 32 and still making new friends. Just get out there and start meeting people. Some may become friends, some may not. But you will get experience chatting with new people and will find some interesting ones.

As for where to go, what kind of things are you interested in? You could always get involved in volunteer activities or find some activities that are taking place in your area that have you interacting with other people. That automatically gives you an in to start a conversation. You'll already have something in common.

Answer 5

23 is later in life? Than what? Teenagers?

Find a passion-of yours-like bowling, African lore, writing,old costumes, birds, computers, the gym ---anything you love to read about or love to spend time doing, if you didn't have to work.
Mine is writing--and to a lesser extent-- gardening, sewing, swimming, theatre.
LIVE and enjoy your life, and people will be drawn to you.
Sit home, and NO one will come knock on your door. Promise.
Don't go tell anyone you are lonesome. You increase what you think about.
Tell them the newest cool thing about your passion-find a meeting of others who like it--look in the phone book or internet. Don't be a show-off-just have a conversation about something you both like.That means listening more than half the time.
I talk about my garden to a couple at work. I am in a writing group once in a while. I swim with a couple of others. I am in community little theatre- and meet new people (ages 14-75) every time there is a show. We hang out.
I am NOT bored, or lonesome, but instead feel excited about my life, and grateful for the cool stuff I have time to do.
People call me up to invite me to do things. I usually have to say no because I am tied up.
We had a big poker party at my house last year and had a ball. I visit every week with the little boy next door, and the old lady across the street.
Open your life to others. Don't just look for some---one to fit your needs.
Tell us how it works out.

Answer 6

Hey, I bet you could go out tonight and meet 5 new friends and atleast 1 that your be friends with longterm! You just have to have the push up the bum and believe that it can happen.

If you question things then too much then your stopping yourself from finding the answer out.

Your so young, you have your whole life ahead of you.

Go and meet people in the places you enjoy. If your a quiet person, who prefers reading to clubbing, even though clubs are a great way of making friends, don't do it! Yes, you'll make friends there, but your going to be completly different people and you can't lie and pretend your a party animal either. You won't have anything in common and you won't have anything to talk about! However if you are into clubs but are too shy to go, bring that other friend or your brother or sister with you as moral support..at the end of the night, you'll have met new friends AS LONG as you are smiley and active. If your frowning and sitting in the corner, you won't be noticed. You'll be invisable. You have to make the first move!!

Write a list of hobbies and search for clubs in your local area, then join a few. You'll meet new people there that DO have the same interests as you, you'll have things to talk about and your more likely to stay in touch..

Ask that 1 friend of yours to introduce you to some of their friends, or if you want get them to set you up on a blind date with a girl, someone a bit like you.

I'm sure you'll give some of these things a try BUT I'm not convinced that you'll make the first move. If you DON'T make the first move, people won't come over. You HAVE to take the risk, don't FEAR rejection. In the unlikely case that someone tells you to get lost, why do you care? If theyre that horrible to begin with, why would you want to be friends with somebody like that? Smile and say hello and introduce yourself, ask them if they'd like to go out for a drink or coffee.

I'M GOING TO SET YOU A TARGET. Normally when your set a target, you try hard to achieve it. Whether you accept my challenge is up to you, but I'm 100% confident that IT WILL HELP.

FIRST TARGET - Make 5 new friends (Its May the 1st, start of a new month, which means I'll give you until June the 1st to achieve the target) If you achieve it, reward yourself with a day out or a present. Then set the same target or make the target higher for June. If you partly achieve it then pat yourself on the back and re-set the target for June. If you completly don't achieve it, work harder and set the target again.

WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT MORE FRIENDS (GIVE YOURSELF YOUR OWN TARGET EG; 30) THEN ENJOY AND CELEBRATE BY HOSTING YOUR FIRST PARTY. IN STYLE.

Let us know how you do!

Take Care
Best Wishes
Good Luck..xX

Answer 7

Oh my god,when i first read your question i assumed you were really old,like 60 or 70,but 23,you are so so young.Don't be silly of corse you can make friends.Im 22 and have no friends,don't worry about it.Asyou go through life you will meet so many new and interesting people.x

Answer 8

Do you work? You could get more friendly with your workmates. What hobbies do you have? You could join a club. For example if you like to keep fit go to an aerobics class. I'm hoping I get this job I'm going for and make some friends cos I don't have friends of my own. And if I don't get it I might join a class or group myself. Good luck.

Answer 9

In all honesty, i think of this is a possibility to make new acquaintances - yet as you become older, you grow to be greater choosy on who those acquaintances are. once you're youthful, you get to comprehend each physique, you're no longer very selective and you oftentimes land up becoming with those human beings. some human beings of their previous due 30s have households and seek for acquaintances who've the comparable undertaking (who're oftentimes those they grew up with). additionally, this is greater secure once you persist with the acquaintances you comprehend..simply by fact while you're 40 5 years previous and you're making a clean pal who continuously makes plans and breaks them, it somewhat is rather immature and you will desire to study no rely if this individual needs a real pal or purely an acquaintance. of direction, as we become older, we purely want sturdy previous shaped organization and each each now and then it does not would desire to be approximately the different individual being stable - this is virtually having others to chat to.

Answer 10

I have found that the friends I have made after school, (and after becoming a mother), are the most genuine friends that I have. Whenever you mature more, you don't have to deal with the "high school drama" crap that goes on when you're "younger". I have met all my friends from work, though I really only want to keep 2 people "close" to me.