A Beginner’s Guide to Making New Friends as an Adult
Tips to help you invest in your current friendships and foster new ones.
Graduating from college and entering official adulthood is hard. That’s the thing about adult life — the hardships are unending. One such difficulty is the loss of friendships.
It happens to us all. School friends and college friends slowly drift apart as people move on to settle in different states, countries, and sometimes even different continents. After my school ended, I moved to India for my further studies, while most of my friends shifted to the States or China. When I returned to Saudi Arabia, my new college friends remained in India. If I ever wanted to hang out, it had to be virtual, which could never beat the physical presence. Despite having a dozen awesome friends, they were scattered around the world... and I felt friendless.
Making friends all over again isn’t easy — especially as a grown-up.
Sometimes friendships fall apart not because somebody moves away but due to a lack of commitment that creeps in, causing the relationship to crumble and fall apart. This is significantly more common in cases where people have other unavoidable obligations.
