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Hey guys,
I've noticed recently after I moved to a new city that I can't make solid friends. What I mean by solid friends is the type of friends that you meet up with and do random stuff.
I've been going out, socialising and joined a couple of groups that do they same things that I'm interested in as hobbies and it's all cool there, I've met people in those groups , I chat with them while doing these activities together, but the thing is that outside of these groups I can't seem to be able to get people out to hang out with me. It just seems like everyone is so busy with their lifes that they don't have time to do any more things or they'd rather hang out and do stuff with their solid friends instead.
For example I went to a meetup last time with a social group for drinks and it was fun, I met guys, talked about different topics, we've shared stories, got to know each other , it was a good night out. The thing is that after such night when I send them a text message and offer to hang out and do something or go somehere they always say that they've got other stuff planned and can't make it.
Now my question is how do I make solid friends instead of acquaintances that I share common interests with ? what could I possibly be doing wrong ?
Hey superstar,
I hear you there. I would broaden your reach - sometimes the best people are found in unusual circumstances.
What I did when I first moved to bristol and also traveling the state's is I went out alone. I just did that. I didn't care where I went I just went. Then I found places I liked and warmed up everyone I could. We you warm up a place and frequent it naturally you draw people in.
Also with people your already connecting with to build that relationship - I would say your texting shouldn't always be focused to getting them out. Often you use texting to further solidify the relationship and hype up a future projection of you all having fun together week's before you actually make a move to meet up.
The other thing is focusing actually meeting up to weekday's instead of weekends. Weekends peoples almost always already have plan's made - weekdays tho many people are free after work. Particularly women actually.
The other idea's I found worked well - is after my Kung Fu class I would just get people out with me straight away. I would invite them to either something I was 'already going to' or to something I just loved.
All these have deep elements of #KINGGAME embedded in them.
Don't worry it won't be like this forever - you WILL get those solid friends and YOU will be successful. I can smell it.