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So how do YOU make friends?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Mystery_Meat, Apr 19, 2008.

  1. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    how you doin? :D
     
  2. Rumpleforeskin

    Rumpleforeskin Active Member

    KY is the BOARD CHAMPION. It's over!
     
  3. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    what do i win?
     
  4. Tripp McNeely

    Tripp McNeely Member

    Cadet, apparently. Lucky bastard.

    And, MysteryMeat, if I can offer some advice. It's hard to force friendship. My best advice is to go out and do something you enjoy doing. Chances are, there will be other people there and don't be afraid to strike up a conversation. Are you gonna find a best friend (or even a decent friend) right away? Probably not. But you will if you keep putting yourself out there.

    Also, take an art and/or crafts class, or something to that affect. Chances are, you won't be the only beginner. A lot of people bond that way, when they're all learning something new together.
    You seem pretty together about all this, so I know you'll be fine. But, don't forget, if you ever need to talk, it seems like you have plenty of people on SportsJournalists.com who care about ya.
     
  5. Tripp McNeely

    Tripp McNeely Member

    *kicking KY out of the way*
    So, how's it going? [/RalphFurleyImpersonation]
     
  6. pallister

    pallister Guest

    I could have written this WFW.

    I find myself thinking much the same thing more often than not. Of course, that kind of attitude is a huge roadblock to actually succeeding at making friends. But when things go a certain way for so long, it's a hard habit to break.
     
  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Is that how you make friends of either gender?
     
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I don't try to make friends... My radiant, brilliant personality just seems to attract people. I'm kind of like the pied piper that way.

    Some people just naturally attract others. My best friend in college was one of those people. Just something about him. Easy-going, talented, nicest guy in the world, but it is really a quality I can't really put my finger on that draws people in. And he was friends with everyone in college. He STILL collects people. And everyone thought they were closer with him than they probably were. It was a big enough school where you couldn't possibly know everyone. But we'd be walking around on campus and he knew EVERYONE and everyone knew him. It sort of became a running joke. He'd introduce me to someone, the person would walk away, and I'd say, "Best friends, freshman year, right?"

    I know that isn't really advice. I don't know how you make friends. You just sort of live your life and it happens, doesn't it?
     
  9. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    MM, get married.

    There is your best friend.

    Have a kid with your wife. There is another constant companion.

    Think about going to church. Especially one with a progressive service and not too stuffy.
     
  10. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Um, yeah, 93, great advice.

    "Hey, I know you're struggling to meet someone. Just fall in love and get married and procreate. That should be easier than finding someone to do lunch with once in a while."
     
  11. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member


    lol

    But once marraige and a kid happens, it seems like, IMHO, that you just do not seem to have time for so many friends. Your times is taken with other things.
     
  12. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    But he's not asking about 15 years down the road.

    Jesus. (And no, that's not an endorsement of your "Go make some God friends" advice either)
     
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