Help me out here guys.
I'm decently attractive, I'm a college graduate, I have a boring but reasonably well paying job, I don't live with my parents, I'm not so awkward that I can't hold a conversation, I've even been lucky enough to have sex before.
But I have no irl friends. How the fuck do I make friends? How do I build a social circle? I'm no longer in college and my coworkers are all middle aged. All of my interests are the solitary type (reading philosophy, playing wrpgs, writing electronic music, etc.). I don't know how to meet people or how to build friendships. What can I do?
>>36599268
Normie here. Just talk to random people that seem to like similar things to you. That's what I did and I found friends. :)
Try and see if there's anything that might be a bit more of a social thing you could get into.
I'm not saying to force yourself into a hobby that you don't like, but try working out some? Maybe get into a routine at home and move to the gym and make a few swole gym buddies.
Or just anything along those lines, maybe. I can't offer any advice based on experience. I live a very solitary life.
Best of luck, space robot.
>>36599268
Here's a story for you
>me
>play a game of pathfinder with some guys online every other week
>sometimes ask boss for a specific day off so to better be available
>coworkers notice, ask why i'm always taking the same day of the week off
>tell 'em why
>they wanna know what this game is
>friendscore.jpg
>i've been DMing them for a few months now, and we chat at work and over discord about D&D shit and vidya
Find something social that you like and find people to do it with, you'll make friends
TL;DR meet friendos over D&D, works 87% of time
Okay, I want to ask, and this isn't to be edgy, but what is your reason for wanting friends?
Maintaining a social circle can be a massive fucking annoyance at times, and I often find myself thinking it's more trouble than it's worth
I made friends at college. I basically made a point of socializing with people everyday. Talking about what happened in class, and then just showing an interest in them. Asking them about themselves etc and we just started hanging out
I'm starting to regret it though. Won't fucking leave me alone sometimes, but I've become too apathetic to outright reject them, or be interested in them, so I just go with them to do whatever shit it is they want to do and keep a sociable face on. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's boring. Finding it harder and harder to give a shit either way
>>36599809
When I spend a whole weekend alone nowadays I descend into a horrible state of despair. I just want to feel connected to people. And I know I'll inevitably feel overwhelmed by social experience but it's still better than this existential pain I seem to suffer from daily. I feel like a ghost. It's agony.