Having moved 500+ miles away from my family and friends in
2012, it’s been hard times. Typically, I make friends easily. I like to talk to
people and do stuff so it’s never been that difficult for me. I always kept a
key group of friends though, those that I could always count on to get together
with, and it really hurt to leave them behind when I moved.
Coming to NH, I became more reserved. I don’t know if this
is because it hurt to leave all my friends behind or if I was holding on to the
notion that, “No, I don’t need new friends, I already have friends, GREAT
friends! I’m not going to replace my perfectly good ones just because I moved!”
Welp, here I am encroaching on 2 years later and I pretty much have one die hard really good friend in NH. Love her to death, yes that’s you Marilia, but I’ve learned along the way that you can’t put all your eggs in one basket and so I’ve decided to branch out.
Welp, here I am encroaching on 2 years later and I pretty much have one die hard really good friend in NH. Love her to death, yes that’s you Marilia, but I’ve learned along the way that you can’t put all your eggs in one basket and so I’ve decided to branch out.
Last night after yoga, I decided to ask one of the women
that I practice with if she wanted to get together. At first it kind of sounded
like I was asking her out, and then when I explained, “it’s just that I don’t
have a lot of friends” it just sounded sad and desperate. I was really embarrassed
for myself. Not to mention she responded with, “yeah, maybe I’ll invite my
daughter along since you two are more around the same age”. HA! This is another
problem I’m coming up with. Where are all the 30 year old women at?! Don’t get
me wrong, I like to feel young and hang out with a younger crowd, but my
interests have changed since leaving my early and mid-twenties. Do 30 something women even live in NH?! I’m in
a big black pit of young and old!
And so, today I signed up on meet up.com and joined several groups
targeted towards women in their 30’s looking to hang out with other women. I honestly felt like I was filling out a
dating website survey. I’m not sure if friends will come of it, I’ve heard stories
of failed attempts from a great friend back home, but for now it’s making me
feel a little less desperate knowing there are other women out there like me,
just trying to find a new friend.
