Making friends

[Penthesilea]

Sure, if you're 14! 30yr olds don't wanna play tag

Go rock climbing, join a wine tasting club, go hiking, play ultimate frisbee, go surfing, go fishing. outside != children's games (and you're hanging out with the wrong 30 year olds if they don't want to play tag.)

[dejet]

One of my best friends is someone I meet skydiving. First jump I was an idiot and knew nothing.

I loved it and went on to keep jumping. They all stopped so I just talked to the others. Not much else to do on the trip up anyways after the first 4 and It is no longer you ridding some guys back.

Anyways long story shot it felt weird jumping myself so I found someone also going for their first few solo jumps and did the next 6 with them.

Years later still jump yearly and we hang out doing other stuff.

Key is to talk with people. Find others new or others willing to help you in whatever you pick as the new hobby.

[Rhyis.]

Sure, if you're 14! 30yr olds don't wanna play tag

People who hate fun don't want to play tag maybe.

Red light, green light champion of the world bitches.

(and you're hanging out with the wrong 30 year olds if they don't want to play tag.)

This man knows.

[Aksannyi]

I want to play tag, but I'd be wheezing after about five minutes of it. Trying to get back in shape, but for now, getting older sucks yo.

[Rhyis.]

If the place you work has a co-ed baseball team or something, that would solve all dem problems.

[Brill Weave]

Beer league softball. I guarantee at least one person you work with does it. And they always seem to be looking for more people lol.

[Rhyis.]

I got talked into joining one last year, even though I'd never played baseball before. This year I got stuck coaching the fucking team lol

Which I've decided involves bribing everybody with more rounds for when we win. Result: we won our first game

[kuronosan]

Book clubs.

[Abandon]

pass

[Plow]

I want to play tag, but I'd be wheezing after about five minutes of it. Trying to get back in shape, but for now, getting older sucks yo.

My sister is on 2 different kickball teams that play in leagues.

One of them is actually "competitive" and recruited her having seen her in the goof-off league lol. (she plays some rec league soccer too and has played pretty much her whole life)

[BaneTheBrawler]

poidh

[Boyiee]

Book clubs.

Most of my friends are through work, but we go out a lot and play softball so that introduces us all to new friends all the time. +1 for softball with or without booze.

Also, beeriokart, if anyone has an N64.

[Aksannyi]

I love the idea of drinking and fun shit but I'm not sure my liver will. I am a super lightweight. I'd probably hurt myself severely.

I like the idea of a fun-league sports league. I don't think we have anything like that at work but it wouldn't hurt to ask around. I know we have things like that at school. The only thing that makes me apprehensive is my work/school schedule, and I wouldn't want to commit to something like practices 3 times a week when I couldn't make it due to other obligations.

I would have just picked up dance again but I can't for the same reason, also, expensive. I really really miss dancing though.

[Brill Weave]

Interpretive dance classes are the obvious choice.

[Aksannyi]

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[Abandon]

I love the idea of drinking and fun shit but I'm not sure my liver will. I am a super lightweight. I'd probably hurt myself severely.

I like the idea of a fun-league sports league. I don't think we have anything like that at work but it wouldn't hurt to ask around. I know we have things like that at school. The only thing that makes me apprehensive is my work/school schedule, and I wouldn't want to commit to something like practices 3 times a week when I couldn't make it due to other obligations.

I would have just picked up dance again but I can't for the same reason, also, expensive. I really really miss dancing though.

people practice for job beer leagues? i figured the practice for those was just drinking on nights without games

[Aksannyi]

Oh I don't know, maybe. I'm just wary of joining any sort of team thing where there's some time commitment because my work and school schedule is so tight as it is.

I will say that I've made progress. I haven't really made friends, per se, but I've started talking to people at school more. I guess that's a start. I guess the fact that I don't live on campus and I'm mostly detached from the campus life in some respects makes it hard for me to really do anything but show up to class, learn, and leave. So I'm trying to be less like that. I am going to look into clubs or organizations that fit my schedule. It will be a challenge but I really think I should become more than just a person who shows up to school then goes home.

[Rhyis.]

people practice for job beer leagues? i figured the practice for those was just drinking on nights without games

Maybe once before the season starts.

Just to figure out the batting order and field positions and shit.

[aurik]

Oh I don't know, maybe. I'm just wary of joining any sort of team thing where there's some time commitment because my work and school schedule is so tight as it is.

I will say that I've made progress. I haven't really made friends, per se, but I've started talking to people at school more. I guess that's a start. I guess the fact that I don't live on campus and I'm mostly detached from the campus life in some respects makes it hard for me to really do anything but show up to class, learn, and leave. So I'm trying to be less like that. I am going to look into clubs or organizations that fit my schedule. It will be a challenge but I really think I should become more than just a person who shows up to school then goes home.

I think the point is to make a commitment. Start going to something that happens every x day from y to z o'clock and just work it into your life schedule. If you really can't make it on occasion it shouldn't be a dealbreaker, and if you find you don't want to make time for it...move on to a different thing.

[kuronosan]

I think the point is to make a commitment. Start going to something that happens every x day from y to z o'clock and just work it into your life schedule. If you really can't make it on occasion it shouldn't be a dealbreaker, and if you find you don't want to make time for it...move on to a different thing.

This.