Have you ever met someone, whether it be someone at your kid’s swim lessons, or a regular you see Tuesdays at yoga, and think, “we seem to have common interests, maybe we can hang out?” Sometimes, it’s easy to make friends as adults, but there are also times when its downright awkward. You make an excuse to sit near the “person of interest” and try to strike up interesting conversation with them. If it works out, you have made yourself a new friend. Go you!
Adults seem to fall under two categories:
> The easy going, chill, make friends easy and keep them forever type.
> The awkward, self conscious, easily persuaded, anti social type.
Or, there are the rare people, who fall under both categories, depending on the day of the week. I tend to fall under both of the above, however, the latter is usually where you can find me.
So, You Have a New Friend. So Now What?
When we were kids, it was so easy to make your friends “fit” into your life. You would either ride your bike to their house and knock on the door to see if your buddy could come out and play, OR your mommies would arrange a play date for you. That doesn’t happen in our adult world, does it? We have to make the effort to maintain friendships, at least…
