how true is this for making friends?
Very true. As an adult there are a lot less "forced opportunities" for you to make friends. And most people already have some and have little reason to bother with you, so you gotta be aggressive.
You can't make friends after college. Everyone is already set with their social circles after their early-mid 20s.
You can sorta make friends at work if you're a fulltime wagie. I'm almost 30 and I have an office job. The guy in the cube next to me started the same day as me and we have the exact same job title. He is a total bro. We talk all the time at work and get lunch together 2-3 days a week but the only time we've ever done anything outside of work was when he helped me put together some Ikea furniture and I helped him move. I've asked him to do other stuff but he always has plans with his fiancee or with his "real" friends during his free time.
>when you realize that you don't need friends to be happy
You usually make friends through work or other friends
Made friends in anime club.
>Be me
>6/10 average looking guy
>Actually big closet weeb
>Gather courage and join to anime club and meet other weebs
>They're pretty nice dudes
>They call me ikemen because they're all 4/10.
>Tfw you're hottest guy in the weeb club just by being average.
>>36121249
sounds like such a good feel.
warms my heart
its super easy
join large non-anonymous internet community
find people who want to be friends in your area
>>36120702
I too have reached this realization. It felt interesting and...kind of satisfying? Like I could relax