Um, hi. Are you me? Did I write this post while I was asleep and didn't know it? Haha. No really though, I totally know what you mean! I moved to my city like, 15 years ago and had a big group of friends but they all got married and had kids. I don't have a boyfriend, don't go to church (and don't want to), work third shift, and go to school part-time. While I like my coworkers, most of them either don't want to hang with me or are busy with their families. I do socialize with classmates but not to the point where we'd hang out seeing as I'm generally about 5 or more years older than most of them. And the ones my age, again, are busy with their own families. I will say that I had some moderate luck with some meetup groups in my city (meetup.com) though, really, some of the groups tend to be a little bit clique-y (there tends to be a core group which has been there forever and it's difficult to be a newcomer). I'm also not at all interested in the bar scene, and some of these groups are really into that. Also, my schedule makes it difficult for cultivating friendships sometimes.

Yeah. I may be throwing out lots of excuses but...I get it. Wouldn't it be nice if all of the lonely people in the world (and there are a TON of us) could get together for coffee every so often, or to go for a walk, or to, I don't know, make cookies??