Finding friends near my age. I feel lonely.

@resourcefulFriend2347 i've had and know people that have also had good luck on reddit, they have a lot of subreddits like r/makenewfriendshere , r/makefriendsover30, and things like that.  i found my best friend on that and a bunch of other more casual friends.  and a good friend of mine found his fiance by posting on reddit forums looking for a special someone.  i wish you good luck, and big hugs

Even though I'm far away from you I'm near your age and would love to be your friend

So hard to make new friends. You done all I would suggest.

Mel Robbins suggests a coffee shop every morning.

i actually ised to go to the town coffee shop a lot of mornings and did make friends with a group of retirees that would hang out there.

Hi @resourcefulfriend2347

Extra ideas for you to try

look on ***, eventbrite or nextdoor for groups or activities that you could join

Try making a post yourself and see who turns up

( I did this on next door when i was looking for a tennis partner)

Or you could setup a group

Borrow a dog

You can join borrowmydoggy or put a volunteer post on one of the ***/nextdoor dog lover user groups

I always get talking with lots of people i might not have normally spoken to when dog sitting.

Fitness club

This could be a new gym with classes or a club like parkrun

Try joining classpass

This is a membership clup where you get so many points that you can use to join classes at different gyns

Bear in mind .. in December people will be traveling away for Christmas etc .. but there will be lots more people out there trying new things in January

Is it possible for you to move to a different city?

Trying to make new freinds in a small town vs big city is more challenging

Be open on the age bracket.. there are plenty of spritely old people and mature young people .. focus on people with common interest

Good luck

Rednest

Hi. I also struggle with this. I've tried allsorts and nothing really sticks.

I'm into board games and plucking the courage to go to groups in the new year. Maybe look at interest groups on FB and then find local connections.